Successful visual epistemic representation |
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| Authors: | Agnes Bolinska |
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| Affiliation: | Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh, United States;The University of Oulu, Finland;Washington University, St. Louis, United States;The Network for Sustainable Climate Risk Management (SCRiM), Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Pennsylvania State University, United States;Department of Philosophy, Buchanan E370, 1866 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada;Department of Psychology, West Virginia University, United States |
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| Abstract: | In this paper, I characterize visual epistemic representations as concrete two- or three-dimensional tools for conveying information about aspects of their target systems or phenomena of interest. I outline two features of successful visual epistemic representation: that the vehicle of representation contain sufficiently accurate information about the phenomenon of interest for the user's purpose, and that it convey this information to the user in a manner that makes it readily available to her. I argue that actual epistemic representation may involve tradeoffs between these features and is successful to the extent that they are present. |
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| Keywords: | Representation Models Syntactic salience Semantic salience Information |
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