UID:
edocfu_9959265932902883
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9781442678477
Series Statement:
Toronto Studies in Philosophy
Content:
The contributors to this volume examine the historical and philosophical issues concerning the role that scientific illustration plays in the creation of scientific knowledge.
Note:
Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Illustrations --
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Introduction --
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1. The Didactic and the Elegant: Some Thoughts on Scientific and Technological Illustrations in the Middle Ages and Renaissance --
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2. Temples of the Body and Temples of the Cosmos: Vision and Visualization in the Vesalian and Copernican Revolutions --
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3. Descartes's Scientific Illustrations and 'la grande mecanique de la nature' --
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4. Illustrating Chemistry --
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5. Representations of the Natural System in the Nineteenth Century --
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6. Visual Representation in Archaeology: Depicting the Missing-Link in Human Origins --
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7. Towards an Epistemology of Scientific Illustration --
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8. Illustration and Inference --
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9. Visual Models and Scientific Judgment --
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10. Are Pictures Really Necessary? The Case of Sewall Wright's 'Adaptive Landscapes' --
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Bibliography --
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Notes on Contributors --
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Index
Language:
English
DOI:
10.3138/9781442678477
URL:
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442678477
