Mathematical Structure and Logical Interpretation

The main things to take away from the previous post are the following two ideas, one syntactic and one semantic.

• Syntax.  The compositional structures of cactus graphs and cactus expressions are constructed from two kinds of connective operations.
• Semantics.  There are two ways of mapping the compositional structures of syntax into the compositional structures of propositional sentences.

The two kinds of connective operations are described as follows.

• The node connective joins a number of component cacti to a node, as shown below.

• The lobe connective joins a number of component cacti to a lobe, as shown below.

The two ways of mapping cactus structures to logical meanings are summarized in Table 3, which compares the entitative and existential interpretations of the basic cactus structures, in effect, the graphical constants and connectives.

Resources

• Theme One Program • Overview
• Theme One Program • Exposition
• Theme One Program • User Guide

cc: Conceptual Graphs • Cybernetics • Laws of Form • Ontolog Forum
cc: FB | Theme One Program • Structural Modeling • Systems Science