The Coding of Technical Images of 9: Analogy, Disanalogy, and the Asymmetry of Worlds.

This paper argues that intrinsically metaphorical leaps are required to interpret and utilize information acquired at the atomic scale. Accordingly, what we 'see' with our instruments in nanospace is both fundamentally like, and fundamentally unlike, nanospace itself; it involves both direct transla...

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Publicado en:Techné: Research in Philosophy & Technology Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 1 - 22
Autor principal: Staley, Thomas W.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Philosophy Documentation Center Winter2008
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