Towards a cognitive semiotics of science: the case of physical chemistry
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Towards a cognitive semiotics of science : the case of physical chemistry. / May, Michael; Skriver, Karen; Dandanell, Gert.
Meaning, mind and communication: explorations in cognitive semiotics. red. / Jordan Zlatev; Göran Sonesson; Piotr Konderak. Peter Lang, 2016. s. 101-126.Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport › Bidrag til bog/antologi › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Towards a cognitive semiotics of science
T2 - the case of physical chemistry
AU - May, Michael
AU - Skriver, Karen
AU - Dandanell, Gert
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - In a programmatic sense a “semiotics of science” was announced by Charles W. Morris but never realized as an empirical investigation of the sciences from the point of view of semiotics. In this chapter it is argued that recent cognitive approaches to the philosophy and history of science can be seen as moving towards a cognitive semiotics of science, and furthermore that philosophical, historical, and didactic aspects of science and science teaching from this perspective are closely interrelated. The case of chemical reaction kinetics is used to exemplify the approach and its relevance – specifically to a historical and didactic analysis of recurrent conceptual difficulties in learning physical chemistry, and how these difficulties are anchored in perspectivized articulations of chemical kinetics and chemical thermodynamics.
AB - In a programmatic sense a “semiotics of science” was announced by Charles W. Morris but never realized as an empirical investigation of the sciences from the point of view of semiotics. In this chapter it is argued that recent cognitive approaches to the philosophy and history of science can be seen as moving towards a cognitive semiotics of science, and furthermore that philosophical, historical, and didactic aspects of science and science teaching from this perspective are closely interrelated. The case of chemical reaction kinetics is used to exemplify the approach and its relevance – specifically to a historical and didactic analysis of recurrent conceptual difficulties in learning physical chemistry, and how these difficulties are anchored in perspectivized articulations of chemical kinetics and chemical thermodynamics.
U2 - 10.3726/978-3-653-04948-0
DO - 10.3726/978-3-653-04948-0
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 978-3-631-65704-1
SP - 101
EP - 126
BT - Meaning, mind and communication
A2 - Zlatev, Jordan
A2 - Sonesson, Göran
A2 - Konderak, Piotr
PB - Peter Lang
ER -
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