Judgments of Beauty in Theory Evaluation

by Devon Brickhouse-Bryson

In Judgments of Beauty in Theory Evaluation, Devon Brickhouse-Bryson argues that judgments of beauty are a justified part of theory evaluation of all sorts, including both scientific theory evaluation and philosophical theory evaluation. He supports this argument with an account of beauty—inherited from Kant and Mothersill—on which the distinctive nature of judgments of beauty is that they are unprincipled, yet possible. Brickhouse-Bryson analyzes two important methods of theory evaluation—refle

ISBN: 9781498597180

145 pages

Published: 2020-07-01

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

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