Picturing Knowledge: Historical and Philosophical Problems Concerning the Use of Art in Science (Toronto Studies in Philosophy) - Softcover

 
9780802074393: Picturing Knowledge: Historical and Philosophical Problems Concerning the Use of Art in Science (Toronto Studies in Philosophy)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0802074391 ISBN 13: 9780802074393
Verlag: University of Toronto Press, 1996

Inhaltsangabe

The traditional concept of scientific knowledge places a premium on thinking, not visualizing. Scientific illustrations are still generally regarded as devices that serve as heuristic aids when reasoning breaks down. When scientific illustration is not used in this disparaging sense as a linguistic aid, it is most often employed as a metaphor with no special visual content. What distinguishes pictorial devices as resources for doing science, and the special problems that are raised by the mere presence of visual elements in scientific treatises, tends to be overlooked.

The contributors to this volume examine the historical and philosophical issues concerning the role that scientific illustration plays in the creation of scientific knowledge. They regard both text and picture as resources that scientists employ in their practical activities, their value as scientific resources deriving from their ability to convey information.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Brian S. Baigrie is an associate professor in the Institute for History and Philosophy of Science and Technology at the Universtiy of Toronto.

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Verlag
University of Toronto Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1996
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0802074391
ISBN 13 
9780802074393
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
2
Anzahl der Seiten
414
Herausgeber
Baigrie Brian
Kontakt zum Hersteller
Mare Nostrum Group B.V.
gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk

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