Beyond Mimesis and Convention Representation in Art and Science /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Frigg, Roman (Editor), Hunter, Matthew (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
• Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 262
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Arts.; History.; Aesthetics.; Epistemology.; Philosophy and science.; Philosophy of Science.; History of Science.

Representation is a concern crucial to the sciences and the arts alike. Scientists devote substantial time to devising and exploring representations of all kinds. From photographs and computer-generated images to diagrams, charts, and graphs; from scale models to abstract theories, representations a...