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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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Published in:Techné: Research in Philosophy & Technology Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 1 - 22
Main Author: Staley, Thomas W.
Format: Article
Published: Philosophy Documentation Center Winter2008
Subjects:
Nanotechnology
Technological innovations
Translating & interpreting
Imaging systems
Image analysis
Microreactors
Encoding
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