Diagram Explained: The Ecological Formism Approach to Diagrams

A New Framework of Knowledge Diagrams

The above diagram applied the Ecological Formism framework to explain the hierarchy of knowledge diagrams with an example.

In 2018, I wrote a 108-page thesis titled Diagram Explained. I developed a framework for understanding multiple layers of diagrams and wrote a list of topics about diagramming. You can find the framework (see the picture below) on a board.

In the thesis titled Diagram Explained. I developed a framework for understanding multiple layers of diagrams.

• Layer 1: Schema of spatial relationships
• Layer 2: Models of domain cognition
• Layer 3: Application of models
• Layer 4: Artifact of epistemic tool
• Layer 5: Mediation of human activities

In June 2021, I conducted a case study about the development of a diagram of the Supportance Model. To help readers understand my creations. I used five types of diagrams for the case study.

• Layer 1: Meta-diagram
• Layer 2: Diagrams for…