Scientific visualisations and aesthetic grounds for trust |
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Authors: | Annamaria Carusi |
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Institution: | (1) Oxford e-Research Centre, Oxford University, 7 Keble Road, Oxford, OX1 3QG, UK |
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Abstract: | The collaborative ‹Big Science’ approach prevalent in physics during the mid- and late-20th century is becoming more common
in the life sciences. Often computationally mediated, these collaborations challenge researchers’ trust practices. Focusing
on the visualisations that are often at the heart of this form of scientific practice, the paper proposes that the aesthetic
aspects of these visualisations are themselves a way of securing trust. Kant’s account of aesthetic judgements in the Third
Critique is drawn upon in order to show that the image-building capability of imagination, and the sensus communis, both of which are integral parts of aesthetic experience, play an important role in building and sustaining community in
these forms of science. Kant’s theory shows that the aesthetic appeal of scientific visualisations is not isolated from two
other dimensions of the visualisations: the cognitive-epistemic, aesthetic-stylistic and interpersonal dimensions, and that
in virtue of these inter-relationships, visualisations contribute to building up the intersubjectively shared framework of
agreement which is basic for trust. |
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Keywords: | aesthetic epistemic image Kant science trust visualisation |
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