Comments on: Maps and Legends http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2009/05/maps-and-legends.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:18:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Deven http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2009/05/maps-and-legends.html/comment-page-1#comment-63991 Deven Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:01:39 +0000 http://www.concurringopinions.com/?p=16588#comment-63991 Patrick, Fully on point in my world. As always thanks and I will check out the sources. Best, Deven Patrick,

Fully on point in my world. As always thanks and I will check out the sources.

Best,
Deven

]]> By: Patrick S. O'Donnell http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2009/05/maps-and-legends.html/comment-page-1#comment-63963 Patrick S. O'Donnell Fri, 29 May 2009 23:01:50 +0000 http://www.concurringopinions.com/?p=16588#comment-63963 Deven, Not on point, but perhaps tangentially of interest is the fact that one of the most compelling analogies or models of scientific theories in circulation today is the cartographic model: the first systematic treatment I'm aware of is from Philip Kitcher's Science, Truth and Democracy (2001), chps. 5 & 6: "Mapping Reality," and "Scientific Significance," respectively: pp. 55-82, and John Ziman further summarizes the compelling virtues (which has implications for the nature of 'realism' in scientific theory) of this analogy in Real Science (2000): 126-132. Well, you did write: "please share any other creative and/or challenging uses of maps of which you are aware." Deven,

Not on point, but perhaps tangentially of interest is the fact that one of the most compelling analogies or models of scientific theories in circulation today is the cartographic model: the first systematic treatment I’m aware of is from Philip Kitcher’s Science, Truth and Democracy (2001), chps. 5 & 6: “Mapping Reality,” and “Scientific Significance,” respectively: pp. 55-82, and John Ziman further summarizes the compelling virtues (which has implications for the nature of ‘realism’ in scientific theory) of this analogy in Real Science (2000): 126-132.

Well, you did write: “please share any other creative and/or challenging uses of maps of which you are aware.”

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