The Metaphor of Patina

Ortega-Calvo, Manuel and Santos-Lozano, José Manuel and Lapetra, José and Salas-Salvadó, Jordi and Martínez-González, Miguel Angel and Lamuela-Raventós, Rosa and Estruch, Ramón (2014) The Metaphor of Patina. Open Journal of Philosophy, 04 (04). pp. 623-627. ISSN 2163-9434

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Abstract

Patina is the word used for the green or brown film formed on the surface of old bronze, an excess of which can mask the true characteristics of the original masterpiece. Filippo Baldinucci used the word patina in a modern sense for first time in his book “Tuscan Vocabulary of the Art of Design”. Metaphors have been part of philosophical speech since the time of Plato. This figure of speech is used to attempt to provide a sensitive presence of an idea to improve understanding and to make a more vivid perception of that concept. On analysing the creative process of contemporary research on health topics and its further dissemination, we defend the epistemological thesis that there is always some degree of patina on an original article and this may obscure the underlying scientific work. Conclusion: We consider that patina in scientific papers is very different from the concept of epidemiological bias. We think that any researcher who reads an original article acts as a restorer of knowledge. If a reader is aware of the existence of scientific patina, that reader will know how to look through it and see the masterpiece hidden underneath.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: STM Digital Library > Social Sciences and Humanities
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Date Deposited: 01 Jul 2023 11:48
Last Modified: 25 May 2024 08:47
URI: http://archive.scholarstm.com/id/eprint/1598

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