[SIGCIS-Members] Tree diagrams in computer science and other fields (i.e. genealogy)

[Allan Olley]

Hello,
 	I don't imagine it is a better reference than those already 
supplied. However I recall a presentation by noted Canadian philosopher 
Ian Hacking on the history and uses of tree diagrams including in logic 
and genealogy. It was a sideline for him and I think it may have been more 
speculative than rigorous but perhaps of some interest.
 	A quick search suggests he published the results in an essay 
"Trees of logic, trees of porphyry" in Advancements of Learning Essays in 
honour of Paolo Rossi, 2007, ( 
https://www.worldcat.org/title/advancements-of-learning-essays-in-honour-of-paolo-rossi/oclc/173071528 
)

-- 
Yours Truly,
Allan Olley, PhD

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On Thu, 26 Mar 2020, Bernard Geoghegan wrote:

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> Dear Colleagues,
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> A little query sent across the lockdowns and quarantines: Can anyone
> recommend scholarship on the tree-style diagrams that circulate both in
> computer science and a wide range of other fields, for example, genealogy,
> kinship? Is there any good work on the history of these diagrams, their
> intersection, and what they might say about possible links in styles of
> reasoning across fields that might, otherwise, seem remote?
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> Thanks for your thoughts,
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