Frederik Stjernfelt
List of John Benjamins publications for which Frederik Stjernfelt plays a role.
Articles
2015 Iconicity of logic - and the roots of "iconicity" concept Iconicity: East meets West, Hiraga, Masako K., William J. Herlofsky, Kazuko Shinohara and Kimi Akita (eds.), pp. 35–53 | Article
It seems to be a standard assumption that Charles Morris originated the concept of “iconicity” on the basis of Peirce’s icon-index-symbol discussion. This paper locates the origin in Peirce himself, in the context of judging the merits of different mathematical and logic representations – the more… read more
2014 Diagrammatic reasoning: Abstraction, interaction, and insight Diagrammatic Reasoning, Fusaroli, Riccardo and Kristian Tylén (eds.), pp. 264–283 | Article
Many types of everyday and specialized reasoning depend on diagrams: we use maps to find our way, we draw graphs and sketches to communicate concepts and prove geometrical theorems, and we manipulate diagrams to explore new creative solutions to problems. The active involvement and manipulation of… read more
2013 From diagrams to poetry: Peircean iconicity and diagrammaticalization strategies in Klaus Høeck’s poetry Iconic Investigations, Elleström, Lars, Olga Fischer and Christina Ljungberg (eds.), pp. 121–140 | Article
The aim of this paper is double – to elaborate on the Peircean notion of iconicity, and to analyze, as an example, the diagram poetry of the Danish poet Klaus Høeck. The two purposes, then, are on very different levels of generality. Peirce’s notion of iconicity, so often misunderstood, is on a… read more