- (Tufte 130-131) Tufte talks about how 2-dimensional technologies "encourage" 2-dimensional (bivariate) thinking. Can the same be said for 2-dimensional technology's effect on inquiry? Why?
- (Tufte 138) Why does representation of evidence become more verbal and less visual when the results yield poorly resolved explanations?
- (Arnheim) Why does Arnheim belittle the distinction between what's "cement" and what's "abstract"?
- (Arnheim 160) Arnheim says "a filter does not abstract." Why?
- (Arnheim 161) What does Sussanne K. Langer mean by primary abstraction?
- (Arnheim) What is a mechanism for abstraction?
- (Arnheim 162-163) What's the importance of induction?
- (Arnheim 171) Arnheim says that "an arbitrary selection of common traits is not often useful." Why is this?
- (Arnheim) What makes for a defining attribute?
- (Arnheim) What is the relation between generalization and concept?
28 January 2013
abstract v. mimetic
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