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HYLE 7-2 (2001): Call for Papers:
Aesthetics and
Visualization in Chemistry
HYLE--International
Journal for Philosophy of Chemistry, Vol. 7,
No. 2 (2001), pp.181-182
HYLE invites papers for a special issue on
Aesthetics and Visualization in Chemistry
Deadline: 31 August 2002
A classical though frequently
neglected philosophical discipline,
aesthetics deals with
sensations insofar as they induce emotions,
attitudes, and judgments beyond
epistemic and moral judgments proper.
Whether culturally embedded or
spontaneously aroused, whether deliberately
provoked or incidentally
occurring, and whether consciously or
unconsciously received,
aesthetic messages accompany all our sensations
and shape our attitudes towards
the world in a certain way. Aesthetics
tries to understand the
cultural rules, formal conditions, and
psychological mechanisms of
these processes.
The purpose of this special
HYLE issue is to make chemistry subject to
aesthetic analysis from
different perspectives. This includes the cultural
image of chemistry as well as
chemistry’s contribution to the image of the world. In also includes
the analysis of how chemists arrange their
laboratories, instruments,
materials, texts, research objects and results,
etc. according to aesthetic
criteria. In addition, since chemists, more
than any other scientists,
communicate with each other through images, the
visualization of chemical
information requires particular attention.
We particularly welcome
papers on one or more of the following topics.
Aesthetics of the image of
chemistry
Portraits of chemists and
alchemists in paintings, literature, and
pop-cultural media: What kind
of aesthetic elements do they employ for
mediating what image? Are there
historical shifts?
Chemical metaphors in the
literature: roots, history, and connotations
"Natural versus
synthetic": placing chemists and the chemical industry
in an aesthetic discourse
High gloss brochures and
advertisements: analysis of aesthetic efforts
to improve the image of a
profession
Aesthetic analysis of
individual or corporate icons used by chemists
Aesthetics of the laboratory
The design of chemical
instruments, laboratory equipment, working
settings, and plants beyond
functionality: aesthetic messages,
atmospheres, and social
symbolism. How are these elements employed in
cultural representations of
chemistry, including science museums and the
visual arts?
Aesthetics of chemical texts
Analysis of styles and genres
of chemical texts, including the uses of
illustrations and the
presentation of data, for different purposes and
readers, from journal papers to
chemistry books for children
Alchemical allegories and
emblems: history, iconology, and their legacy
to modern chemistry
Aesthetics of molecular systems
and models
Formal criteria of the
chemists’ sense of beauty and their relation to
general aesthetic theories
Purposes and trends of
beautifying models
To which extent do aesthetic
ideas guide the practice of chemical
synthesis?
Do recent research trends
towards molecular complexity,
self-organization, non-linear
dynamics, chaos, transient states and
species, etc. reflect an
aesthetic shift?
Aesthetics of problem solving
Are there generally accepted
aesthetic criteria for preferring certain
solutions of epistemic or
nonepistemic problems in chemistry, like
simplicity or elegance? What
exactly do they mean, and how are they
related to corresponding
criteria in other disciplines, like physics and
mathematics?
Aesthetics of materials
How did chemistry contribute to
aesthetic changes of ordinary life, e.g.
plastics, dyes, protective
layers, cosmetics, odors, and flavors?
What role do sensual qualities
of materials play in chemical practice,
today and in the past? Is there
a special aesthetics of purity and
impurity?
Do sensual qualities of
chemical substances and reactions attract
newcomers and, particularly,
children to chemistry? If yes, how could a
curriculum be set up according
to aesthetic criteria?
How does or could chemistry
enrich the aesthetics of materials in modern
art and design?
Visualization
The history of visualization in
modern chemistry: from line drawings to
stereo-images, movies, and
virtual reality simulations
Visual attractiveness and
epistemic values in chemistry
Visualization as educational
means: advantages and pitfalls
"Seeing is
believing": case studies of the persuasive character of
visualization for establishing
theories or theoretical entities in
chemistry
Can visual images transfer
chemical information not expressible in
linguistic form?
Manuscripts should follow
the general Guidelines for Contributions,
available on the inside
cover of HYLE and the HYLE web site. Colored
illustrations, even brief
movies, are acceptable for the internet version,
but the text should also be
comprehensible with few simple b/w
illustrations in the print
version. Send submissions to the Editor not
later than August 31, 2002
in appropriate form for anonymous reviews. Send
inquiries regarding
suitability of submissions, illustrations etc. to the
Editor or the Guest
Co-editor.
Tami I. Spector, Guest Co-editor
Dept. of Chemistry, University of San
Francisco, San Francisco, CA
94117-1080, USA; spector@usfca.edu
Joachim Schummer, Editor
Institute of Philosophy, University of
Karlsruhe, D-76128 Karlsruhe,
Germany; editor@hyle.org
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