DEKI, Denotation, and the Fortuitous Misuse of Maps

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Výsledek na webu

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003202905-24" target="_blank" >10.4324/9781003202905-24</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

DEKI, Denotation, and the Fortuitous Misuse of Maps

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Unjustified surrogative inferences from maps can sometimes accidentally result in true conclusions. These are instances of what we call the fortuitous misuse of a map. Such phenomena challenge us to distinguish between justified and unjustified surrogative inference—between using and misusing a map. For the DEKI account of epistemic representation, that difference turns, in part, on what the map denotes. This chapter argues that none of the common accounts of denotation helps DEKI distinguish between use and misuse because DEKI gives users too much freedom in their interpretations. DEKI appeals to context as a constraint, so we turn to the methodology of archaeological site mapping to understand how context might help distinguish between map use and misuse. Doing so reveals that the causal links established by map making are determined, in part, by designers’ background knowledge and research questions. Although the result may be a plausible story about how context helps fix denotation, it also shows that users’ entitlement to draw surrogative inferences is established by the epistemic constraints on the mapmakers. Several challenges for DEKI arise from the way in which context distinguishes between justified and unjustified surrogative inferences.

Název v anglickém jazyce

DEKI, Denotation, and the Fortuitous Misuse of Maps

Popis výsledku anglicky

Unjustified surrogative inferences from maps can sometimes accidentally result in true conclusions. These are instances of what we call the fortuitous misuse of a map. Such phenomena challenge us to distinguish between justified and unjustified surrogative inference—between using and misusing a map. For the DEKI account of epistemic representation, that difference turns, in part, on what the map denotes. This chapter argues that none of the common accounts of denotation helps DEKI distinguish between use and misuse because DEKI gives users too much freedom in their interpretations. DEKI appeals to context as a constraint, so we turn to the methodology of archaeological site mapping to understand how context might help distinguish between map use and misuse. Doing so reveals that the causal links established by map making are determined, in part, by designers’ background knowledge and research questions. Although the result may be a plausible story about how context helps fix denotation, it also shows that users’ entitlement to draw surrogative inferences is established by the epistemic constraints on the mapmakers. Several challenges for DEKI arise from the way in which context distinguishes between justified and unjustified surrogative inferences.

Druh

C - Kapitola v odborné knize

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GX20-05180X" target="_blank" >GX20-05180X: Naturalizovaný inferencializmus: normy, významy a důvody ve světě přírody</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název knihy nebo sborníku

Scientific Understanding and Representation. Modeling in the Physical Sciences

ISBN

978-1-00-320290-5

Počet stran výsledku

16

Strana od-do

280-295

Počet stran knihy

428

Název nakladatele

Routledge, Taylor &amp; Francis Ltd

Místo vydání

New York

Kód UT WoS kapitoly

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