Plato, Diagrammatic Reasoning and Mental Models Saracco Susanna
Plato, Diagrammatic Reasoning and Mental Models Saracco Susanna This book analyses the role of diagrammatic reasoning in Plato's philosophy: the readers will realize that Plato, describing the stages…
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Plato, Diagrammatic Reasoning and Mental Models Saracco Susanna
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. Plato calls for a collaboration between writer and 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.
They will recognize the crucial role that diagrams play in problem solving. In this book the readers will examine the connection between diagrams and discovery, realizing the important epistemic role of visualization. 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
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