LEADER 03971nam 2200685 450 001 9910456510803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-04558-X 010 $a9786612045585 010 $a1-4426-7847-X 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442678477 035 $a(CKB)2430000000001644 035 $a(EBL)3257983 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000306061 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11241504 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000306061 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10293832 035 $a(PQKB)10418458 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00600824 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3257983 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4671829 035 $a(DE-B1597)464753 035 $a(OCoLC)979954616 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442678477 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4671829 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257520 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL204558 035 $a(OCoLC)958572071 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000001644 100 $a20160923h19961996 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aPicturing knowledge $ehistorical and philosophical problems concerning the use of art in science /$fdited by Brian S. Baigrie 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d1996. 210 4$dİ1996 215 $a1 online resource (414 p.) 225 0 $aToronto Studies in Philosophy 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8020-7439-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. The Didactic and the Elegant: Some Thoughts on Scientific and Technological Illustrations in the Middle Ages and Renaissance -- $t2. Temples of the Body and Temples of the Cosmos: Vision and Visualization in the Vesalian and Copernican Revolutions -- $t3. Descartes?s Scientific Illustrations and ?la grande mecanique de la nature? -- $t4. Illustrating Chemistry -- $t5. Representations of the Natural System in the Nineteenth Century -- $t6. Visual Representation in Archaeology: Depicting the Missing-Link in Human Origins -- $t7. Towards an Epistemology of Scientific Illustration -- $t8. Illustration and Inference -- $t9. Visual Models and Scientific Judgment -- $t10. Are Pictures Really Necessary? The Case of Sewall Wright?s ?Adaptive Landscapes? -- $tBibliography -- $tNotes on Contributors -- $tIndex 330 $aThe traditional concept of scientific knowledge places a premium on thinking, not visualizing. Scientific illustrations are still generally regarded as devices that serve as heuristic aids when reasoning breaks down. When scientific illustration is not used in this disparaging sense as a linguistic aid, it is most often employed as a metaphor with no special visual content. What distinguishes pictorial devices as resources for doing science, and the special problems that are raised by the mere presence of visual elements in scientific treatises, tends to be overlooked.The contributors to this volume examine the historical and philosophical issues concerning the role that scientific illustration plays in the creation of scientific knowledge. They regard both text and picture as resources that scientists employ in their practical activities, their value as scientific resources deriving from their ability to convey information. 410 0$aToronto studies in philosophy 606 $aScientific illustration$xHistory 606 $aScientific illustration$xPhilosophy 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aScientific illustration$xHistory. 615 0$aScientific illustration$xPhilosophy. 676 $a502.2 702 $aBaigrie$b Brian S$g(Brian Scott), 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456510803321 996 $aPicturing knowledge$92480294 997 $aUNINA