Visual Reasoning with Diagrams

Logic, the discipline that explores valid reasoning, does not need to be limited to a specific form of representation but should include any form as long as it allows us to draw sound conclusions from given information. The use of diagrams has a long but unequal history in logic: The golden age of d...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Moktefi, Amirouche (Editor ), Shin, Sun-Joo (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Basel : Springer Basel : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2013.
Edición:1st ed. 2013.
Colección:Studies in Universal Logic,
Temas:
Mathematical logic.
Information visualization.
Logic.
Mathematics.
Mathematical Logic and Foundations.
Data and Information Visualization.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • 1. What is a logical diagram? (Catherine Legg)
  • 2. The geometry of diagrams and the logic of syllogisms (Richard Bosley).- 3. A diagrammatic calculus of syllogisms (Ruggero Pagnan)
  • 4. Beyond syllogisms: Carroll's (marked) quadriliteral diagram (Amirouche Moktefi)
  • 5. A diagrammatic bridge between classical and fuzzy logics (Ferdinando Cavaliere)
  • 6. Diagrammatic reasoning with Classes and relationships (Jørgen Fischer Nilsson).- 7. On the completeness of spider diagrams augmented with constants (Gem Stapleton, John Howse, Simon Thompson, John Taylor and Peter Chapman)
  • 8. A practice-based approach to diagrams (Valeria Giardino)
  • 9. Figures, formulae, and functors (Zach Weber)
  • 10. Diagrams and concepts of graph theory (Mitsuko Mizuno).

Ejemplares similares