Plato, Diagrammatic Reasoning and Mental Models

1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-3-031-27657-6
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 91 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 253 g

This book analyses the role of diagrammatic reasoning in Plato’s philosophy: the readers will realize that Plato, describing the stages of human cognitive development using a diagram, poses a logic problem to stimulate the general reasoning abilities of his readers. Following the examination of mental models in this book, the readers will reflect on what inferences can be useful to approach this kind of logic problem. Plato calls for a collaboration between writer and readers. In this book the readers will examine the connection between diagrams and discovery, realizing the important epistemic role of visualization. They will recognize the crucial role that diagrams play in problem solving. The logic problem elaborated by Plato is addressed considering the epistemic function of mental models. These models introduce to an advanced stage of cognitive development, in which reasoning uses in its investigations a higher-level of mathematical complexity, represented by structuralism.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Saracco, Susanna

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein Philosophie der Mathematik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie der Mathematik, Philosophie der Physik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie des Geistes, Neurophilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

CHAPTER ONE:  Introduction, - CHAPTER TWO:  The Collaboration between Writer and Reader, - CHAPTER THREE:  Visual Thinking, - CHAPTER FOUR:  Diagrammatic Reasoning, - CHAPTER FIVE:  Mental Models,-Chapter 6. Theoretical Adulthood and Structuralism .

Über Autor(innen)

Susanna Saracco is a post-doctoral researcher, having received her PhD in philosophy from the University of Sydney, Australia. She is the author of the book Plato and Intellectual Development. Her pieces have been published, among others, in Plato Journal, Philosophia: Philosophical Quarterly of Israel and Metaphilosophy