Concept and Epistemology Mößner, Nicola aut text xx Taylor & Francis 2018 monographic eng 1 online resource (372 p.) Visual representations (photographs, diagrams, etc.) play crucial roles in scientific processes. They help, for example, to communicate research results and hypotheses to scientific peers as well as to the lay audience. In genuine research activities they are used as evidence or as surrogates for research objects which are otherwise cognitively inaccessible. Despite their important functional roles in scientific practices, philosophers of science have more or less neglected visual representations in their analyses of epistemic methods and tools of reasoning in science. This book is meant to fill this gap. It presents a detailed investigation into central conceptual issues and into the epistemology of visual representations in science. Free-to-read Unrestricted online access star All rights reserved http://oapen.org/content/about-rights English Society & social sciences astrophysics epistemology history philosophy, science 9781138089938 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/30939 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/30939 Free-to-read All rights reserved oapen 210210 20260305123948.0 doab30939