Cognitive conditions of diagrammatic reasoning
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3200081 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael H G Hoffmann (0000-0002-4123-2903, Georgia Institute of Technology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 2011 |
| Issue | 186 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Semiotica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-1998 • E-ISSN: 1613-3692 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/semi.2011.052 |
| OpenAlex | W2137260079 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 24 |
In the first part of this paper, I delineate Peirce's general concept of diagrammatic reasoning from other usages of the term that focus either on diagrammatic systems as developed in logic and AI or on reasoning with mental models. The main function of Peirce's form of diagrammatic reasoning is to facilitate individual or social thinking processes in situations that are too complex to be coped with exclusively by internal cognitive means. I provide a diagrammatic definition of diagrammatic reasoning that emphasizes the construction of, and experimentation with, external representations based on the rules and conventions of a chosen representation system. The second part starts with a summary of empirical research regarding cognitive effects of working with diagrams and a critique of approaches that use 'mental models' to explain those effects. The main focus of this section is, however, to elaborate the idea that diagrammatic reasoning should be conceptualized as a case of 'distributed cognition.' Using the mathematics lesson described by Plato in his Meno, I analyze those cognitive conditions of diagrammatic reasoning that are relevant in this case
Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Diagrammatic reasoning · Epistemology · Focus (optics) · Function (biology) · Mental representation · Physics · Representation (politics) · Computer Science · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education · Psychology · Social Representations and Identity
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| Citations per year | 0.45 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |