An account of image perceptual understanding based on epistemic attention and reference

Nicolas J. Bullot*

*Corresponding author for this work

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference proceeding contributionpeer-review

    Abstract

    Technological and scientific images, and other images with epistemic uses, have varied appearances and functions. They seem to be analog or symbolic representations available to researchers for a variety of epistemic purposes such as summarizing data, or presenting, discussing and verifying hypothetic propositions about the world. This article studies the perception and understanding of scientific/epistemic images within a conceptual framework grounded in the notion of reference. It introduces the hypothesis stating that the performance of the perceptual understanding of a particular scientific image depends on the epistemic uses of attention. The hypothesis suggests that understanding a scientific picture requires making an epistemic use of the attentional control of visual routines in order to obtain knowledge on the spatial structure and the referents of a particular image or graphic representation.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationSmart Graphics - 6th International Symposium, SG 2006, Proceedings
    EditorsAndreas Butz, Brian Fisher, Antonio Krueger, Patrick Olivier
    PublisherSpringer, Springer Nature
    Pages224-229
    Number of pages6
    Volume4073 LNCS
    ISBN (Print)3540362932, 9783540362937
    Publication statusPublished - 2006
    Event6th International Symposium on Smart Graphics, SG 2006 - Vancouver, Canada
    Duration: 23 Jul 200625 Jul 2006

    Publication series

    NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
    Volume4073 LNCS
    ISSN (Print)03029743
    ISSN (Electronic)16113349

    Other

    Other6th International Symposium on Smart Graphics, SG 2006
    Country/TerritoryCanada
    CityVancouver
    Period23/07/0625/07/06

    Fingerprint

    Dive into the research topics of 'An account of image perceptual understanding based on epistemic attention and reference'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

    Cite this