The ‘Orphic Epistemology’ of Experiment: Goethe's Farbenlehre and Plato's Theory of Colors in the Timaeus

IF 0.9 4区哲学 Q2 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

Foundations of Science Pub Date : 2025-05-22 DOI:10.1007/s10699-025-09983-2

Boris Kožnjak

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Abstract

The article demonstrates the historically and philosophically overlooked common phenomenological roots of Goethe’s Farbenlehre and Plato’s theory of color mixture in the Timaeus, as well as the shared epistemological background to Goethe’s and Plato’s abhorrence of the experimental study of natural phenomena, including light and colors, as the ‘torture of nature’, which is the basis of their equally shared ‘Orphic attitude’ toward nature and natural sciences. In addition to its historical context, the article also discusses Plato’s and Goethe’s shared ‘Orphic epistemology’ of experiment within the framework of modern philosophy of scientific experimentation.

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实验的“俄耳甫斯认识论”：歌德的法本勒尔和柏拉图的《蒂迈奥》中的颜色论

本文论证了在历史上和哲学上被忽视的共同现象学根源，即歌德的《法本勒尔》和柏拉图在《蒂玛欧》中的色彩混合理论，以及歌德和柏拉图对自然现象（包括光和颜色）的实验研究的厌恶的共同认识论背景，作为“自然的折磨”，这是他们对自然和自然科学同样共享的“俄耳甫斯态度”的基础。除了历史背景之外，本文还在现代科学实验哲学的框架内讨论了柏拉图和歌德共同的实验“奥尔甫斯认识论”。

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Foundations of Science HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE-

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