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TY  - BOOK
ID  - 65298458
TI  - When maps become the world
PY  - 2020
SN  - 9780226669670 022666967X 9780226674728 022667472X
PB  - Chicago ; London University of Chicago Press,
DB  - UniCat
KW  - Cartography
KW  - Knowledge, Theory of
KW  - Abstraction
KW  - Reification
KW  - Mental representation
KW  - Science
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Normal science
KW  - Philosophy of science
KW  - Representation, Mental
KW  - Perception
KW  - Thingification
KW  - Verdinglichung
KW  - Metaphor
KW  - Abstract thought
KW  - Cognition
KW  - Logic
KW  - Thought and thinking
KW  - Epistemology
KW  - Theory of knowledge
KW  - Psychology
KW  - Cartography, Primitive
KW  - Chartography
KW  - Map-making
KW  - Mapmaking
KW  - Mapping (Cartography)
KW  - Mathematical geography
KW  - Surveying
KW  - Map projection
KW  - Maps
KW  - 528.6
KW  - Knowledge, Theory of.
KW  - Abstraction.
KW  - Reification.
KW  - Mental representation.
KW  - Cartographie
KW  - Théorie de la connaissance
KW  - Réification
KW  - Représentation mentale
KW  - Philosophie des sciences.
KW  - Philosophy.
KW  - Philosophie.
KW  - Cartography - Philosophy
KW  - Science - Philosophy
KW  - Philosophie
KW  - Théorie de la connaissance
KW  - Réification
KW  - Représentation mentale
UR  - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:65298458
AB  - "When Maps Become the World explores how scientific theories, models, and concepts used to represent and intervene in the world function as maps, and the consequences of this, both good and bad. Maps are not the territory they describe but abstractions from it, or models of it. By preserving certain features of the modeled world at the expense of distorting others, scientific abstractions can be useful within a set scope and for particular purposes. Maps not only summarize, organize, and clarify, they also often disclose new, previously unnoticed facts. In this book Rasmus Winther examines the properties, promises, and limits of scientific knowledge and practice through a philosophical analysis of scientific maps. Because, he argues, they should always be considered fallible and limited, he teaches his readers to use analytic tools to resist "when maps become the world.""--
ER  -