Guidance
Get to explore the structure of physical theories through interactive concept networks
What to do:
- Explore 10 marcroscopes with more than 50 theories of space-time and gravitation.
- Get to know the methodology of Formal Concept Analysis (FCA).
- Learn the logic of hierarchical networks called lattices.
- Locate groups of theories of interest, their foundations and classes of models.
- Become familiar with the conceptual structure of physical theories through partial lattices.
- Consult information when clicking on the labels.
- Turn on and off labels and node levels.
- Compare subtractive and additive reconstructions.
- Find relationships of theorization and specialization.
- Visualize in full screen.
- Zoom-in, zoom-out or drag the network.
- Highlight subconcepts and supraconcepts.
- Identify the
peak of the iceberg
lattice. - Move the nodes to rearrange the network.
- Highlight specific nodes and find some especially interesting ones.
- Accompany source readings with this macroscope.
- Get a bird eye view.
- Be suspicious of our results and discuss with your colleagues.
More detailed information in Mariana Espinosa’s PhD thesis (in Spanish) Visualizaciones de redes conceptuales de teorías del espacio-tiempo y la gravitación
, and an article in English here.