On operational and optimal iconicity in Peirce's diagrammatology

Stjernfelt, Frederik

doi:10.1515/semi.2011.061

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“…Is it a psychological experience of resemblance, or a relational property?" [47]. In the case of well matchedness, at least, Gurr intends a relational property or isomorphism.…”

Section: Icons Well Matchedness and Free Ridesmentioning

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“…That is, the iconic sign and its object are reliably similar under certain transformations. The icon is "the only sign by the contemplation of which more can be learned than lies in the construction of the sign" [47]. Writing in 1996, Shimojima describes the phenomenon of free rides as "[one of the] ways in which operational constraints over diagrams intervene in the process of reasoning" [37].…”

Section: Icons Well Matchedness and Free Ridesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Semiotics of Spider Diagrams

Burton

Howse

2017

Log. Univers.

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Abstract. Spider diagrams are based on Euler and Venn/Peirce diagrams, forming a system which is as expressive as monadic first order logic with equality. Rather than being primarily intended for logicians, spider diagrams were developed at the end of the 1990s in the context of visual modelling and software specification. We examine the original goals of the designers, the ways in which the notation has evolved and its connection with the philosophical origins of the logical diagrams of Euler, Venn and Peirce on which spider diagrams are based. Using Peirce's concepts and classification of signs, we analyse the ways in which different sign types are exploited in the notation. Our hope is that this analysis may be of interest beyond those readers particularly interested in spider diagrams, and act as a case study in deconstructing a simple visual logic. Along the way, we discuss the need for a deeper semiotic engagement in visual modelling.

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“…Is it a psychological experience of resemblance, or a relational property?" [47]. In the case of well matchedness, at least, Gurr intends a relational property or isomorphism.…”

Section: Icons Well Matchedness and Free Ridesmentioning

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Section: Icons Well Matchedness and Free Ridesmentioning

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The Semiotics of Spider Diagrams

Burton

Howse

2017

Log. Univers.

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“…But we have developed the idea of iconicity, central to Petrilli and Ponzio's thesis, and strongly associated by Haroldo de Campos to the concept of transcreation, in new directions (see Queiroz and Aguiar 2013;Queiroz 2010). When an "operational criterion" is adopted (Hookway 2000, p. 102;Stjernfelt 2011), the icon is defined as anything whose manipulation can reveal more information about your object, and algebra, syntax, graphs, and the formalization of all types should be recognized as icons. In short, an icon is characterized as a sign that reveals information through a procedure followed by observation.…”

Section: Intersemiotic Translation As An Iconic-dependent Processmentioning

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“…A more controversial fact is that the operational definition of icon extends it beyond the most familiar conception of "similarity" (Stjernfelt 2011). In this sense, when the operational criterion is adopted, the icon is anything that, when manipulated according to certain laws, is able to reveal more information about its object.…”

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C. S. Peirce and Intersemiotic Translation

Queiroz

Aguiar

2015

International Handbook of Semiotics

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“…It has also been defined as relative dependence on S in the S-O relation (see Queiroz 2012). Stjernfelt (2011) identifies two different contrasting conceptions of icon and iconicity in Peirce's work: first, the icon can be operationally defined as any sign whose manipulation is able to reveal more information about its object. This operational definition of the icon focuses solely on the capability of a sign to enclose information about its object.…”

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Iconic semiosis and representational efficiency in the London Underground Diagram

Atã

Bitarello

Queiroz

2014

Cognitive Semiotics

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The icon is the type of sign connected to efficient representational features, and its manipulation reveals more information about its object. The London Underground Diagram (LUD) is an iconic artifact and a well-known example of representational efficiency, having been copied by urban transportation systems worldwide. This paper investigates the efficiency of the LUD in the light of different conceptions of iconicity. We stress that a specialized representation is an icon of the formal structure of the problem for which it has been specialized. By embedding such rules of action and behavior, the icon acts as a semiotic artifact distributing cognitive effort and participating in niche construction.

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On operational and optimal iconicity in Peirce's diagrammatology

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The Semiotics of Spider Diagrams

The Semiotics of Spider Diagrams

C. S. Peirce and Intersemiotic Translation

Iconic semiosis and representational efficiency in the London Underground Diagram

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