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Dr. Crowley

Dr. Warren

The Computer Metaphor

  • Dominant metaphor in modern science
  • The universe is like a computer consisting of complex networks with interrelated parts
  • Example: Darwinism
  • Sociological Perspective
  • Metaphors are necessary during primary education
  • Secondary education an inequality in education occurs
  • Post-secondary education metaphors may be necessary for new complex concepts
  • Research publications do not need to include metaphors

The Machine Metaphor

  • Science cannot be taught without metaphors
  • Believes metaphors help the students engage in the topic and remember material better
  • "metaphors are not enough, but they are necessary"
  • "Metaphors mask as well as reveal"
  • Most students are just looking for answers, not understanding
  • Uses Star-Trek, Shakespeare, & Southern Lifestyle to connect
  • Used by Galileo, Descartes, Boyle and Newton
  • Imagined the universe as a machine composed of mechanical parts
  • This led scientist to think of everything as a machine
  • Created a shift in science to start evaluating things on a micro level

Other Examples

Thomas Kuhn

  • Earth is a galactic heat engine
  • An apple is like the moon
  • The distribution of mass in the universe is foamlike
  • The solar system is like a neighborhood
  • Greenhouse Gases
  • Was pro-metaphors
  • Thought that metaphors were very useful for explaining new paradigms
  • "you don’t see something until you have the right metaphor to let you perceive it"

Pros

  • Allow people to relate to the topic
  • Presents difficult concepts easily
  • Can make dry material entertaining

Cons

  • Doesn't fully explain a concept
  • Can confuse students more
  • Could be distracting

What are metaphors?

Any non literal use of language that results in a partial mapping of one term, image, object, concept or process onto another to reveal unsuspected similarities

Metaphors clearly have a place in scientific writing for educational purposes but its use in the professional realm is up for debate.

Metaphors in Science Writing

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