Picturing Knowledge - Historical and Philosophical Problems Concerning the Use of Art in Science
Language: English
Published by University of Toronto Press, Toronto - Buffalo - London, 1996
- First Edition
- Softcover
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XXIV - 389 pp. Richly illustr. University of Toronto Press, Toronto - Buffalo - London 1996. First Edition. Softcover. Clean and unmarked inside. Ex. library of the Library of the Ghent University: usual labels, stamps and numbers. Otherwise a very good copy.
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- Title
- Picturing Knowledge - Historical and Philosophical Problems Concerning the Use of Art in Science
- Author
- Baigrie Brian S.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Toronto - Buffalo - London
- Publication year
- 1996
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0802074391
- ISBN 13
- 9780802074393
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Item weight
- 0.8 kilograms
- Seller catalogs
- Illustrated books, Sciences
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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About the Author
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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