I will argue that the development of Feynman diagrams came from the physicist’s capacity of visualizing phenomena and that such visualization-skill contributed to the forming of a narrative explanation in the sense of Wise (2011) and Morgan (2001). The second part of the paper explores the extent to which Feynman diagrams can be considered as weak representations of quantum phenomena. I will review some of the most common arguments in support of the instrumentalist view and I will suggest that a form of weak representation that does not imply ontological commitment can be applied to the diagrams. Such a form of weak representation will be characterized as non-denotative, intentional, and as conveying a physical interpretation through narrative explanations.

我认为费曼图的发展来自物理学家将现象可视化的能力，并且这种可视化技能有助于形成怀斯（2011）和摩根（2001）意义上的叙事解释。本文的第二部分探讨了费曼图在多大程度上可以被视为量子现象的弱表示。我将回顾一些支持工具主义观点的最常见的论点，并且我将建议可以将一种不暗示本体论承诺的弱表示形式应用于图表。这种弱表征形式的特点是非指示性的、有意的，并且通过叙述性解释来传达物理解释。