How much work do scientific images do?

Spontaneous Generations 6 (1):115-130 (2012)
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In this paper, I defend the view that there are many scientific images that have a serious epistemic role in science but this role is not adequately accounted for by the going view of representation and its attendant theoretical commitments. The relevant view of representation is Laura Perini’s account of representation for scientific images. I draw on Adina Roskies’ work on scientific images as well as work on models in science to support my conclusion.

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10.4245/sponge.v6i1.17154

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