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-... ) -- Yours Truly, Allan Olley, PhD http://individual.utoronto.ca/fofound/ On Thu, 26 Mar 2020, Bernard Geoghegan wrote:
Dear Colleagues,
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?
Thanks for your thoughts,
b
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