2. The role of diagrams in abductive reasoning

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of contents v
3. Thinking and diagrams – An introduction 1
4. I. What is a diagram and how does it function?
5. 1. On the “thing-ness” of diagrams 23
6. 2. The role of diagrams in abductive reasoning 57
7. 3. Behind the diagrams: cognitive issues and open problems 77
8. 4. Diagrammatic problem solving 103
9. 5. Is there a general diagram concept? 121
10. 6. The diagrammatic nature of maps 139
11. II. Diagrammatic scenes
12. 7. Is there a diagrammatic impulse with Plato? ‘Quasi-diagrammatic-scenes’ in Plato’s philosophy 163
13. 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) 179
14. 9. Pattern language and space syntax: Alexander, Chomsky, Peirce and Wittgenstein 209
15. References 225
16. Index of names 237
17. Index of subjects 241