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Thinking with Diagrams : the Semiotic Basis of Human Cognition /

Diagrammatic reasoning is crucial for human cognition. It is hard to think of any forms of science or knowledge without the "intermediary world" of diagrams and diagrammatic representation in thought experiments and/or processes, manifested in forms as divers as notes, tables, schemata, gr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Krämer, Sybille (Editor ), Ljungberg, Christina (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin/Boston : De Gruyter, [2016]
Colección:Semiotics, communication and cognition ; 17.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Table of contents ; Thinking and diagrams
  • An introduction ; I. What is a diagram and how does it function? ; 1. On the "thing-ness" of diagrams ; 2. The role of diagrams in abductive reasoning ; 3. Behind the diagrams: cognitive issues and open problems.
  • 4. Diagrammatic problem solving 5. Is there a general diagram concept? ; 6. The diagrammatic nature of maps ; II. Diagrammatic scenes ; 7. Is there a diagrammatic impulse with Plato? 'Quasi-diagrammatic-scenes' in Plato's philosophy.
  • 8. The diagram as board game: Semiotic discoveries in Alfonso the Wise's Book of Games (1283 CE)
  • with some observations as to Gudea as Architect (2000 BCE) 9. Pattern language and space syntax: Alexander, Chomsky, Peirce and Wittgenstein ; References ; Index of names ; Index of subjects.