Scholars study how the visual and the verbal intersect in scientific texts that incorporate images, but rarely are artistic renderings considered central to scientific epistemologies. This article turns to neuroaesthetics to understand the productive role of art in scientific visual invention. As shown through the drawings of neuroscientist Santiago Ramón y Cajal, the neuroaesthetics of visual invention explain how art may offer scientists the epistemological resources needed to see around hegemonic paradigms in their disciplines.

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视觉发明的神经美学：圣地亚哥·拉蒙·卡哈尔在《美丽的大脑》中的绘画

学者们研究视觉和语言如何在包含图像的科学文本中相交，但很少有艺术渲染被认为是科学认识论的核心。本文转向神经美学，以了解艺术在科学视觉发明中的生产作用。正如神经科学家 Santiago Ramón y Cajal 的画作所示，视觉发明的神经美学解释了艺术如何为科学家提供认识论资源，以了解其学科中的霸权范式。