Scientific Visualisation : Epistemic Weight and Surpluses

Name: Scientific Visualisation
Brand: Peter Lang AG
SKU: 9783631643006
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ISBN: 9783631643006

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by Marianne Richter

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Format Hardback

ISBN-10 3631643004

ISBN-13 9783631643006

Edition New

Publisher Peter Lang AG

Imprint Peter Lang AG

Country of Manufacture DE

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Jan 28th, 2014

Print length 264 Pages

Weight 456 grams

Dimensions 21.90 x 15.60 x 2.10 cms

Product Classification: Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge Philosophy: aesthetics Social & political philosophy Philosophy of science Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge Philosophy: aesthetics Social and political philosophy

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This book introduces the concept of ad-hoc syntaxes to explain why pictorial means can bear epistemic weight in the context of formal scientific reasoning. The main line of argumentation follows up on works by Laura Perini and Nelson Goodman, and is backed up by practical examples from the field of scientific visualisation.

Much of the recent confidence in the future of science and technology stems from advances in scientific visualisation. But is it right to assume that visual – and especially pictorial – measures carry special epistemic weight in the context of scientific reasoning? Do pictorial approaches have any surpluses, compared to other semiotic types? This book delves into these issues from the point of view of the philosophy of science. New examples from the field of scientific visualisation are introduced in order to account for the epistemic weight and surpluses of syntactically dense – pictorial – symbol systems.

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