Towards a diagrammatic classification

In this article I present and discuss some criteria to provide a diagrammatic classification. Such a classification is of use for exploring in detail the domain of diagrammatic reasoning. Diagrams can be classified in terms of the use we make of them—static or dynamic—and of the correspondence betwe...

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Published inKnowledge engineering review Vol. 28; no. 3; pp. 237 - 248
Main Author Giardino, Valeria
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.09.2013
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subjects
20th century
Classification
Cognition & reasoning
Construction
Criteria
Diagrams
Humanities and Social Sciences
Knowledge
Knowledge engineering
Mathematics
Philosophy
Reasoning
Science
Visual
Visualization
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Summary:In this article I present and discuss some criteria to provide a diagrammatic classification. Such a classification is of use for exploring in detail the domain of diagrammatic reasoning. Diagrams can be classified in terms of the use we make of them—static or dynamic—and of the correspondence between their space and the space of the data they are intended to represent. The investigation is not guided by the opposition visual vs. non-visual, but by the idea that there is a continuous interaction between diagrams and language. Diagrammatic reasoning is characterized by a duality, since it refers both to an object, the diagram, having its spatial characteristics, and to a subject, the user, who interprets them. A particular place in the classification is occupied by constructional diagrams, which exhibit for the user instructions for the application of some procedures.
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ISSN:0269-8889
1469-8005
DOI:10.1017/S0269888913000222