
Publication details
Year: 2012
Pages: 149-168
Series: Synthese
Full citation:
, "The forgotten individual", Synthese 186 (1), 2012, pp. 149-168.


The forgotten individual
Diagrammatic reasoning in mathematics
pp. 149-168
in: John Mumma, Marco Panza, Paul-Gabriel Sandu (eds), Diagrams in mathematics, Synthese 186 (1), 2012.Abstract
Parallelism has been drawn between modes of representation and problem-sloving processes: Diagrams are more useful for brainstorming while symbolic representation is more welcomed in a formal proof. The paper gets to the root of this clear-cut dualistic picture and argues that the strength of diagrammatic reasoning in the brainstorming process does not have to be abandoned at the stage of proof, but instead should be appreciated and could be preserved in mathematical proofs.
Publication details
Year: 2012
Pages: 149-168
Series: Synthese
Full citation:
, "The forgotten individual", Synthese 186 (1), 2012, pp. 149-168.