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  • 标题:Small Talk: Nanotechnology and Metaphor
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  • 作者:Joseph C. Pitt
  • 期刊名称:Spontaneous Generations : A Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science
  • 印刷版ISSN:1913-0465
  • 出版年度:2009
  • 卷号:2
  • 期号:1
  • 页码:90
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:University of Toronto
  • 摘要:The general topic I am addressing concerns the epistemological role of the use of metaphor in the philosophy of science. More specifically, I am concerned with the role metaphor plays in scientific and technological change. In the case in point, nanotechnology, I will explore the role of metaphor in changing our conception of the confirmation of the plausibility of theoretical notions. The basic idea is that metaphors either offer or suggest images that are meant to persuade one to change one’s belief. Thus the confirmatory role is variable..
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