Representation systems
Keith Stenning · Oxford University Press eBooks · 2002
This chapter begins by laying down the commonalities and distinguishing characteristics of diagrammatic and sentential systems. It proposes for more clearly defined and classified graphical presentations in order to make reasoning easier and contends that some graphical systems are almost like sentential systems. This chapter suggests a reclassification in graphical systems and points out that only those graphics which are directly interpreted should be considered as diagrams. This reclassification enables an explanation of how the system's significance determines their tractability for reasoning. This chapter also touches on systematicity; the significance of representation systems and how it is assigned; modality and the complexity of reasoning; and expressiveness. It also discusses the cognitive consequences of semantics.