Some Discussion Questions for Weds., January 29th

TUFTE: Complete Robert E. Dahl's quote, "Policy-thinking is and must be ___-_____."

Does Minard's map explain how the soldiers died?

"Excellent maps, which are the heart and soul of good practices in analytical graphics, routinely integrate _____, _____, ____-____, _____, ____-____."

What visual method does Minard employ to more easily integrate additional information in his maps?

List the 6 Principles of analytical graphics.

What word is conspicuously absent from Minard's map on the invasion of Russia?

ARAHEIM: Can you succinctly clear up any of the confusion about what is concrete and what is abstract?

"In order to _______, one must first _______, but in order to ________ usefully one must already know how to __________."

Can you list the 3 difficulties with abstraction which were mentioned all in the same paragraph?

Spinoza said, "If a definition is to be called perfect, __________________________________________."

Mention at least one problem with classifying by containers?