Picturing Knowledge - Historical and Philosophical Problems Concerning the Use of Art in Science

Baigrie Brian S.

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ISBN 10: 0802074391 ISBN 13: 9780802074393

Published by University of Toronto Press, Toronto - Buffalo - London, 1996

Language: English

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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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Picturing Knowledge - Historical and Philosophical Problems Concerning the Use of Art in Science

Publisher

University of Toronto Press, Toronto - Buffalo - London

Publication Date

1996

Language

English

ISBN 10

0802074391

ISBN 13

9780802074393

Binding

Soft cover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Very Good

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No Jacket

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0.8 kilograms

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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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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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