This chapter talks about mental imagery or the related concept of mental modelling. It
examines the case for an important interaction between images and thought experiments …

In this paper, I take up the following puzzle: If Feynman diagrams represent states of affairs,
but do not do so truthfully what can their epistemic value be? I argue that Feynman diagrams …

Starting from a survey of current theories of scientific understanding, I offer a new account
that reveals the extent to which these theories are in fact complementary. Rather than …

Scientists' graphical practices have recently become a target of inquiry in the philosophy of
science, and in the cognitive sciences. Here I supplement our understanding of graphical …

This paper answers calls for further theoretical work into types of pictures used in health
information. Pictures influence message reception, interpretation, and retention, making this …

We hardly need reminding that words go a long way in representing the things around us.
Our libraries are full of verbal descriptions of nature and society. We use informatics …

In this paper, I first show that similarity accounts of scientific pictures fail with more realistic
cases of scientific pictures. My primary case study is the picture of a black hole, from which I …

Scientists often make use of epistemic representations in order to perform investigations
about the real world. So far, philosophers of science interested in epistemic representation …

This chapter presents the flaws in the Council of Science Editors (CSE) guidelines, through
presenting basic ways of classifying scientific images that are implicit in the academic …

Este trabalho tem como objetivo estudar o papel que a representação visual desempenha
no contexto das práticas de ensino com relevância na aprendizagem epistémica dos …