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Human diagrammatic reasoning and seeing-as
pp. 121-148
Abstract
The paper addresses the issue of human diagrammatic reasoning in the context of Euclidean geometry. It develops several philosophical categories which are useful for a description and an analysis of our experience while reasoning with diagrams. In particular, it draws the attention to the role of seeing-as; it analyzes its implications for proofs in Euclidean geometry and ventures the hypothesis that geometrical judgments are analytic and a priori, after all.
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Mumma John, Panza Marco, Sandu Paul-Gabriel (2012) Diagrams in mathematics. Synthese 186 (1).
Pages: 121-148
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-011-9982-9
Full citation:
Coliva Annalisa (2012) „Human diagrammatic reasoning and seeing-as“. Synthese 186 (1), 121–148.