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The Metaphor of Patina

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    Identifier: imarina:5128720
    Authors:
    Ortega-Calvo M, Santos-Lozano JM, Lapetra J, Salas-Salvadó J, Martínez-González MA, Lamuela-Raventós R, Estruch R.
    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.
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    Author, as appears in the article.: Ortega-Calvo M, Santos-Lozano JM, Lapetra J, Salas-Salvadó J, Martínez-González MA, Lamuela-Raventós R, Estruch R.
    Department: Bioquímica i Biotecnologia
    URV's Author/s: Salas Salvadó, Jorge
    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.
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Author's mail: jordi.salas@urv.cat
    Author identifier: 0000-0003-2700-7459
    Record's date: 2023-04-15
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Link to the original source: https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation.aspx?paperid=51931
    Papper original source: Open Journal Of Philosophy. 4 (4): 623-627
    APA: Ortega-Calvo M, Santos-Lozano JM, Lapetra J, Salas-Salvadó J, Martínez-González MA, Lamuela-Raventós R, Estruch R. (2014). The Metaphor of Patina. Open Journal Of Philosophy, 4(4), 623-627. DOI: 10.4236/ojpp.2014.44064
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Article's DOI: 10.4236/ojpp.2014.44064
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Journal publication year: 2014
    Publication Type: Journal Publications