Illustrations

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Eleventh Century Practical Knowledge Diagram

 1050 Eleventh Century Practical Knowledge Diagram

Twelfth Century Philosophical Dichotomies

 1150 Twelfth Century Philosophical Dichotomies

Seven Liberal Arts

 1185 Seven Liberal Arts

Dichotomy of Science and Virtue

 1279 Dichotomy of Science and Virtue

Being/Existence by Llull Disciple

 1323 Being/Existence by Llull Disciple

Llull's Tree of Philosophy of Love

 1325 Llull's Tree of Philosophy of Love

Student's Aid

 1350 Student's Aid

Peter of Poitiers, Arbor historiae, Divisio scientiae

 1375 Peter of Poitiers, Arbor historiae, Divisio scientiae

Oresme's Square of Opposition

 1377 Oresme's Square of Opposition

Pacioli's Summa de Arithmetica

 1494 Pacioli's Summa de Arithmetica

Boethius 1497

 1497 Boethius 1497

Augustinus of Ancona's Destruction of Porphyry

 1503 Augustinus of Ancona's Destruction of Porphyry

16th Century Woodcut, Llull's Tree of Knowledge

 1505 16th Century Woodcut, Llull's Tree of Knowledge

Margarita Philosophica

 1508 Margarita Philosophica

Llull's Porphyrian Tree

 1512 Llull's Porphyrian Tree

1515 Edition of Llull's Arbor Scientiae

 1515 1515 Edition of Llull's Arbor Scientiae

Ramus (1)

 1550 Ramus (1)

John Dee's Groundplat

 1570 John Dee's Groundplat

Ramus (2)

 1576 Ramus (2)

Savigny's Encyclopedia

 1587 Savigny's Encyclopedia

Zwinger's Taxonomy

 1587 Zwinger's Taxonomy

Francis Bacon's Partitions of the Sciences

 1605 Francis Bacon's Partitions of the Sciences

Francis Bacon's Advancement of Learning

 1605 Francis Bacon's Advancement of Learning

Newton's Notebook

 1661 Newton's Notebook

Kircher Tree

 1669 Kircher Tree

Chambers' Encyclopedia

 1728 Chambers' Encyclopedia

Diderot & d'Alembert's Encyclopedia

 1751 Diderot & d'Alembert's Encyclopedia

Roth's Illustration of Didert & d'Alembert

 1769 Roth's Illustration of Diderot & d'Alembert

Coleridge's Encyclopedia

 1818 Coleridge's Encyclopedia

Dewey Classifcation

 1876 Dewey Classification

Otlet Illustrating Francis Bacon

 1910 Otlet Illustrating Francis Bacon

Taber's History of Physics

 1920 Taber's History of Physics

Logo from the Second International Eugenics Congress, 1921

 1921 Logo from the Second International Eugenics Congress, 1921

3rd International Eugenics Congress Logo

 1932 Logo from the Third International Eugenics Congress, 1932

Otlet's Universe

 1934 Otlet's Universe

Glineur's Decimal Classification of Consciousness

 1935 Glineur's Decimal Classification of Consciousness

Otlet's Mundaneum

 1937 Otlet's Mundaneum

H.G. Wells' World Encyclopedia

 1938 H.G. Wells' World Encyclopedia

Porter's Map of Physics

 1939 Porter's Map of Physics

Bernal's Social Function of Science

 1939 Bernal's Social Function of Science

Ellingham's Chart of Relations

 1948 Ellingham's Chart of Relations

Phyllis Richmond's Multidimensional Classifications

 1954 Phyllis Richmond's Multidimensional Classifications

Sanderson's Taxonomy of Knowledge

 1969 Sanderson's Taxonomy of Knowledge

Ted Nelson's Possiplex

 1971 Ted Nelson's Possiplex

Friedman's Mathematical Logic and Foundations (b&w)

 1976 Friedman's Mathematical Logic and Foundations

Garfield's Map of Science

 1985 Small & Garfield's Map of Science

Gaetz's Map of Classificatory Thought

 1988 Gaetz's Map of Classificatory Thought

Shpackov's Universal Classification

 1992 Shpackov - 1992

Herrero-Solana, Graphical Table of Contents for Libraries

 1992 Herrero-Solana, Graphical Table of Contents for Libraries

Yahoo! Categories

 1996 Yahoo! Categories

Beaudoin's Compact Explorer for Complex Hierarchies

 1996 Beaudoin's Compact Explorer for Complex Hierarchies

Blanchard & Olsen's Illustration of Diderot and d’Alembert

 2002 Blanchard & Olsen's Illustration of Diderot and d’Alembert

Boyack & Klavans' Map of Science

 2006 Boyack & Klavans' Map of Science

Christophe Tricot's Illustration of Didert & d'Alembert

 2006 Christophe Tricot's Illustration of Didert & d'Alembert

Bollen's Clickstream Map of Science

 2009 Bollen's Clickstream Map of Science

Akdag-Salah Wikipedia/UDC

 2011 Akdag-Salah Knowledge Orders

Akdag-Salah Wikipedia/UDC

 2011 Akdag-Salah Wikipedia/UDC

Wikipedia's Hierarchy of Science

 2014 Wikipedia's Hierarchy of Science

Indiana Philosophy Ontology Project

 2014 Indiana Philosophy Ontology Project
    image by Brennan Klein