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Number Names and Words
Number Names George Lakoff has pointed out that we do not normally distinguish numbers from what might be more properly be called number names. (Lakoff 1989) The most common number naming systems adopt base-10 and use ten single-digit number names, … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Classification, Enumeration, Logic
Tagged Architecture, Classification, Enumeration, Logic
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What Counts
Numerical Abilities As well as being able to roughly compare continuous quantities, humans and animals of various sorts share a method of recognising small numbers of objects or sequences of events that is independent of language. See Subitising and Counting Ants Both … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Brain Physiology, Embodiment, Enumeration, Logic
Tagged Architecture, Brain Physiology, Embodiment, Enumeration, Logic
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William Tutte’s Hidden Past
If William Tutte is remembered at all by architects, it is for his contribution to solving the problem of Squaring the Square . (Tutte 1958) A solution using Graph Theory and Kirchhoff’s Laws for electrical flow in wires that was subsequently used in Philip … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Design Methods, Geometry, Logic, Tiling
Tagged Aperiodic Tiling, Architecture, Design Methods, Geometry, Logic, Tiling, Turing Machines
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Five Finger Exercises
Written and spoken numbers are represented differently. In English numbers are usually written with Arabic numerals or as a transliteration of the spoken version, for example 342 or three hundred and forty two. Rod counting provides a written representation of … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Brain Physiology, Enumeration
Tagged Architecture, Brain Physiology, Enumeration, Logic
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Chocolate Fireguards
A very short post on Chocolate Fireguards, which as the name suggests are objects which subvert their own function. The first example is a real fireguard, though not one actually made of chocolate. It is an example of an object … Continue reading
Posted in Aesthetics, Architecture, Brain Physiology, Design, Design Methods, Logic, Objects
Tagged Architecture, Brain Physiology, Classification, Design, Design Methods, Logic, Objects
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Merely Conventional Signs
During a recent seminar on Vilém Flusser, organised by Ella Chmielewska and Fiona Hanley the discussion got round to the Borges story of Cartographers producing maps of larger and larger scales. I thought that Lewis Carroll had produced something similar … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Empty Signs, Logic, Randomness
Tagged Empty Sugns, Logic, Randomness
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Visual Thinking
I have recently become interested in visual thinking, probably because I like making arguments visually but also as a result of having encountered problems in producing simple easy to understand diagrams. Diagrammatic Illustrations The minimal (graphics only) version above contains … Continue reading
