Chapter 4 The epistemic status of scientific visualisations
As the considerations in the previous chapter made clear, visual representations are, without doubt, part of many epistemic processes in contemporary science. Scientists present diagrams in their publications and talks to communicate their research results. They investigate computer-generated images...
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| स्वरूप: | इलेक्ट्रोनिक पुस्तक अध्याय |
| भाषा: | अंग्रेज़ी |
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Taylor & Francis
2018
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| श्रृंखला: | History and Philosophy of Technoscience
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| ऑनलाइन पहुंच: | DOAB: download the publication DOAB: description of the publication |
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| सारांश: | As the considerations in the previous chapter made clear, visual representations are, without doubt, part of many epistemic processes in contemporary science. Scientists present diagrams in their publications and talks to communicate their research results. They investigate computer-generated images as substitutes for research objects. Drawings in textbooks are used to educate novices, to introduce them to a new field of knowledge and so on. Moreover, it was pointed out that in quite a few instances images might also be used for non-epistemic purposes, for example to gain the attention of a particular audience |
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| भौतिक वर्णन: | 1 electronic resource (126 p.) |
| आईएसबीएन: | 9781138089938; 9781315108902 |
| अभिगमन: | Open Access |