Category Archives: Optimization

Differential Logic • Comment 7

Posted on September 17, 2021 by Jon Awbrey

Re: John Baez • Cyclic Identity for Partial Derivatives • Maxwell’s Relations (1) (2) (3) Much fun can be had by trying to do differentials and partial differentials over the boolean domain instead of the reals I took a first whack … Continue reading →

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Differential Logic • Comment 6

Posted on July 7, 2021 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Category Theory • Jon Awbrey I opened a topic in the “logic” stream of “category theory zulipchat” to discuss differential logic in a category theoretic environment and began by linking to a few basic resources. The topic on logical … Continue reading →

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Differential Logic • Comment 5

Posted on May 14, 2021 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Peirce List • John Sowa : “Modal Logic Is An Immense Swamp” Dear John, Best title I’ve read in a long time!  But the really immense swamp critter here is the Naturally Evolved Organon known as ornery natural language which … Continue reading →

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Differential Logic • Comment 4

Posted on January 4, 2020 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Cybernetic Communications • Stephen Paul King SPK: Is it possible that beliefs can propagate almost completely contrary to facts, seen by those that are not infected with those beliefs? Can we have complex waves in the domains of binary truth … Continue reading →

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{ Information = Comprehension × Extension } • Discussion 14

Posted on February 21, 2019 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Ontolog Forum • Bruce Schuman Information and optimization go hand in hand — discovering the laws or constraints naturally governing the systems in which we live is a big part of moving toward our hearts’ desires within them.  I’m … Continue reading →

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{ Information = Comprehension × Extension } • Discussion 10

Posted on February 1, 2019 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Ontolog Forum • Azamat Abdoullaev As I see it, the semiotics or theory of signs handed down by Aristotle, Augustine, the Medieval Scholastics, Locke, and others took a significant leap toward a truly scientific theory with the work of … Continue reading →

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What part do arguments from authority play in mathematical reasoning?

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

In forming your answer you may choose to address any or all of the following aspects of the question: Descriptive What part do arguments from authority actually play in mathematical reasoning? Normative What part do arguments from authority ideally play … Continue reading →

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