On Understanding: Maxwell on the Methods
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Jordi Cat
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Article
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2001
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Elsevier Science
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English
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In this paper I examine the notion and role of metaphors and illustrations in Maxwell\'s works in exact science as a pathway into a broader and richer philosophical conception of a scientist and scientific practice. While some of these notions and methods are still at work in current scientific rese