An analysis of information visualisation

• Published in: Synthese (Dordrecht) Vol. 190; no. 16; pp. 3421 - 3438
• Main Authors: Chen, Min, Floridi, Luciano
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer 01.11.2013; Springer Netherlands; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Communication systems; Data processing; Data visualization; Datasets; Education; Epistemology; Epistemology. Philosophy of science. Theory of knowledge; Glacial landforms; Information theory; Input data; Logic; Metaphor; Metaphysics; Philosophy; Philosophy of Language; Philosophy of Science; Pipelines; Qualitative research; Quantitative analysis; Truth; Visual information; Visual materials; Visualization; New York; Greenland; Visualisation; Information map; Philosophy of information; Information theory; Knowledge theory

Philosophers have relied on visual metaphors to analyse ideas and explain their theories at least since Plato. Descartes is famous for his system of axes, and Wittgenstein for his first design of truth table diagrams. Today, visualisation is a form of 'computer-aided seeing' information in...