Style, but Substance: An Epistemology of Visual versus Numerical Representation in Scientific Practice.

In practice, scientists must convey data in a "representational style" (e.g., as a numerical array or visual representation). Various authors seek to explain the epistemic role of scientific visual representation in terms of formal conventions (e.g., Goodman, Perini, and Kulvicki). Goodman also tend...

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Published in:	Philosophy of Science Vol. 78; no. 5; pp. 774 - 788
Main Author:	Irving, Zachary C.
Format:	Article
Published:	Cambridge University Press Dec2011
Subjects:	Representation (Philosophy) Theory of knowledge Scientific method Visualization Mathematical models Philosophy of science
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