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virtual witnessing: a standalone construct

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virtualwitnessing1 CONSTRUCTVirtual witnessingSHAPIN · HISTORY OF SCIENCE

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History of science

producing in readers' minds such a detailed image of an experiment that they can accept its result without having seen it performed.

In history of science, virtual witnessing refers to producing in readers' minds such a detailed image of an experiment that they can accept its result without having seen it performed. This meaning comes from Shapin (1984) in Social Studies of Science.[1]

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  1. Shapin, S. (1984). Pump and Circumstance: Robert Boyle's Literary Technology. Social Studies of Science, 14(4), 481-520. https://doi.org/10.1177/030631284014004001

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