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The Metaphor of Patina

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    Identificador: imarina:5128720
    Autores:
    Ortega-Calvo M, Santos-Lozano JM, Lapetra J, Salas-Salvadó J, Martínez-González MA, Lamuela-Raventós R, Estruch R.
    Resumen:
    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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    Autor según el artículo: Ortega-Calvo M, Santos-Lozano JM, Lapetra J, Salas-Salvadó J, Martínez-González MA, Lamuela-Raventós R, Estruch R.
    Departamento: Bioquímica i Biotecnologia
    Autor/es de la URV: Salas Salvadó, Jorge
    Palabras clave: Quality education
    Resumen: 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.
    Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Direcció de correo del autor: jordi.salas@urv.cat
    Identificador del autor: 0000-0003-2700-7459
    Fecha de alta del registro: 2024-11-16
    Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Enlace a la fuente original: https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation.aspx?paperid=51931
    URL Documento de licencia: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Referencia al articulo segun fuente origial: Open Journal Of Philosophy. 4 (4): 623-627
    Referencia de l'ítem segons les normes 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
    DOI del artículo: 10.4236/ojpp.2014.44064
    Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Año de publicación de la revista: 2014
    Tipo de publicación: Journal Publications