The Logical Status of Diagrams |
|
| Author:
| Shin, Sun-Joo |
| ISBN: | 978-0-511-57469-6 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2009 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
|
| Book Format: | Digital download and online |
| List Price: | AUD $200.00 |
Book Description:
|
Diagrams are widely used in reasoning about problems in physics, mathematics and logic, but have traditionally been considered to be only heuristic tools and not valid elements of mathematical proofs. This book challenges this prejudice against visualisation in the history of logic and mathematics and provides a formal foundation for work on natural reasoning in a visual mode.
Diagrams are widely used in reasoning about problems in physics, mathematics and logic, but have traditionally been considered to be only heuristic tools and not valid elements of mathematical proofs. This book challenges this prejudice against visualisation in the history of logic and mathematics and provides a formal foundation for work on natural reasoning in a visual mode.