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 ima...

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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-386352025-03-04T09:48:50Z Chapter 4 The epistemic status of scientific visualisations Mößner, Nicola epistemic status scientific visualisation Argumentation theory Cognition Descriptive knowledge Textbook thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences 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 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2018-07-20 23:55 2019-10-17 14:58:54 2020-04-01T12:34:14Z 2018 chapter 1000314 OCN: 1051775762 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/29620 9781138089938; 9781315108902 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/38635 eng History and Philosophy of Technoscience open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/29620/1/9781138089938_oachapter4.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/29620/1/9781138089938_oachapter4.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/29620/1/9781138089938_oachapter4.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/29620/1/9781138089938_oachapter4.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 Visual Representations in Science 9781138089938; 9781315108902 Routledge 126 open access
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