Words Are Essential, but Underexamined, Research Tools for Microbes and Microbiomes

Language constitutes an essential set of scientific construction tools, not only for communicating knowledge, but for conceptualizing the world. Metaphors in particular, as conventions that guide and reproduce analogical reasoning, merit attention that they largely do not receive.

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Auteur principal: Erika Szymanski
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:80e2c372c2864856afae5cce243b5caa2021-12-02T17:49:15ZWords Are Essential, but Underexamined, Research Tools for Microbes and Microbiomes2379-507710.1128/mSystems.00769-21https://doaj.org/article/80e2c372c2864856afae5cce243b5caa2021-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSystems.00769-21https://doaj.org/toc/2379-5077 Language constitutes an essential set of scientific construction tools, not only for communicating knowledge, but for conceptualizing the world. Metaphors in particular, as conventions that guide and reproduce analogical reasoning, merit attention that they largely do not receive.Erika SzymanskiAmerican Society for MicrobiologyarticleMicrobiologyQR1-502ENmSystems, Vol 6, Iss 4 (2021)
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Words Are Essential, but Underexamined, Research Tools for Microbes and Microbiomes
description Language constitutes an essential set of scientific construction tools, not only for communicating knowledge, but for conceptualizing the world. Metaphors in particular, as conventions that guide and reproduce analogical reasoning, merit attention that they largely do not receive.
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title Words Are Essential, but Underexamined, Research Tools for Microbes and Microbiomes
title_short Words Are Essential, but Underexamined, Research Tools for Microbes and Microbiomes
title_full Words Are Essential, but Underexamined, Research Tools for Microbes and Microbiomes
title_fullStr Words Are Essential, but Underexamined, Research Tools for Microbes and Microbiomes
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title_sort words are essential, but underexamined, research tools for microbes and microbiomes
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