caa a22 4500 605475350 CHVBK 20210128100351.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10516-014-9246-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10516-014-9246-7 Mößner Nicola Department of Philosophy, RWTH Aachen University, Eilfschornsteinstraße 16, 52062, Aachen, Germany aut Visual Information and Scientific Understanding [Elektronische Daten] [Nicola Mößner] Without doubt, there is a widespread usage of visualisations in science. However, what exactly the epistemic status of these visual representations in science may be remains an open question. In the following, I will argue that at least some scientific visualisations are indispensible for our cognitive processes. My thesis will be that, with regard to the activity of learning, visual representations are of relevance in the sense of contributing to the aim of scientific understanding. Taking into account that understanding can be regarded as an epistemic desideratum in its own right, I will argue that, at least in some instances, no understanding can be achieved without the aid of visualisations. Consequently, they are of crucial importance in this process. Moreover, to support this thesis we will make use of some findings in educational psychology. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2014 Cognitive processes nationallicence Diagram nationallicence Epistemic status nationallicence Image nationallicence Learning nationallicence Scientific understanding nationallicence Visualisation nationallicence Axiomathes Springer Netherlands 25/2(2015-06-01), 167-179 1122-1151 25:2<167 2015 25 10516 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10516-014-9246-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10516-014-9246-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Mößner Nicola Department of Philosophy, RWTH Aachen University, Eilfschornsteinstraße 16, 52062, Aachen, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Axiomathes Springer Netherlands 25/2(2015-06-01), 167-179 1122-1151 25:2<167 2015 25 10516