ד"ר אהוד לם (מכון כהן), מתי ראו את הגנום לראשונה? הרהורים על מדע מבוסס תמונות

יום שני, 22.10.2012, 18:00 - 19:30

בנין גילמן, חדר 449

 

התכנסות לקפה וכיבוד קל בשעה 17:45, ליד חדר 449

ההרצאה תינתן בעברית

 

By looking at the history of the genome concept and of microscopic images of the genome I will assess whether visual evidence can stand on its own in scientific practice, instead of being conceptualized, and how this enables the theoretical flexibility and fruitfulness of scientific concepts.
I will distinguish between images and socially traded "figures" that appear in scientific publications. I will concentrate on a specific type of scientific figures and argue for two main theses:
1. These figures are images-of-images-of-something
2. Figures can (thus) serve simultaneously as observations and as models
Finally, I will suggest that there are interesting things to say about the relationship between images and the concepts that are used to describe them. I will identify several types of representational vocabularies that are used and discuss the way concepts and images "co-evolve" as science progresses.

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