Beyond Mimesis and Convention

• Telling Instances.- Models: Parables v Fables.- Truth and Representation in Science: Two Inspirations from Art.- Learning Through Fictional Narratives in Art and Science.- Models as Make-Believe.- Fiction and Scientific Representation.- Fictional Entities, Theoretical Models and Figurative Truth.- Visual Practices Across the University.- Experiment, Theory, Representation: Robert Hooke’s Material Models.- Lost in Space: Consciousness and Experiment in the Work of Irwin and Turrell.- Art and Neuroscience.

From the reviews: "The aim of the volume is explicitly stated as putting "works of art and theories of science 'to work' in a shared enterprise of thinking representation beyond mimesis and convention" ... . the collection take their inspiration from the theory of fiction and try to apply these inspirations to the study of scientific models. ... the essays all make interesting and state-of-the-art contributions to their respective topics." (Tobias Klauk, Journal of Literary Theory, August, 2011) "The aim of the book is to see what might be achieved by bringing the two impasse-stricken subjects together. ... The collection ... succeeds in displaying a variety of ways in which aesthetics can be applied to problems of representation in the philosophy of science. ... this book will be a valuable point of reference." (Clive Cazeaux, British Journal of Aesthetics, Vol. 52 (2), April, 2012) "The book ... is a great example of interdisciplinary collaborative work, bringing together contributions by scholars of science and of art, around the topic of representation. ... The result is a high-standard, remarkably edited book. ... this rich and heterogeneous book clearly achieves the goal of showing the fruitfulness of an interdisciplinary approach to art and science ... ." (Marion Vorms, Theoria, Vol. 75, 2012)