Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. Two Challenges to Rationalism 7
7. 2. Abstract Entities and Aesthetic Evaluations 24
8. 3. The Aesthetic Properties of Scientific Theories 39
9. 4. Two Erroneous Views of Scientists' Aesthetic Judgments 61
10. 5. The Inductive Construction of Aesthetic Preference 70
11. 6. The Relation of Beauty to Truth 90
12. 7. A Study of Simplicity 105
13. 8. Revolution as Aesthetic Rupture 125
14. 9. Induction and Revolution in the Applied Arts 141
15. 10. Circles and Ellipses in Astronomy 163
16. 11. Continuity and Revolution in Twentieth-Century Physics 182
17. 12. Rational Reasons for Aesthetic Choices 202
18. References 209
19. Index 227