Author Archives: Jon Awbrey

We continue with §3. Application of the Algebraic Signs to Logic. Peirce’s 1870 “Logic of Relatives” • Selection 6 The application of a relation is one of the most basic operations in Peirce’s logic.  Because relation applications are so pervasive … Continue reading →

On to the next part of §3. Application of the Algebraic Signs to Logic. Peirce’s 1870 “Logic of Relatives” • Selection 5 The Signs for Multiplication I shall adopt for the conception of multiplication the application of a relation, in … Continue reading →

Here is the next part of §3. Application of the Algebraic Signs to Logic. Peirce’s 1870 “Logic of Relatives” • Selection 4 The Signs for Addition The sign of addition is taken by Boole so that denotes everything denoted by … Continue reading →

We move on to the next part of §3. Application of the Algebraic Signs to Logic. Peirce’s 1870 “Logic of Relatives” • Selection 3 The Signs of Inclusion, Equality, Etc. I shall follow Boole in taking the sign of equality … Continue reading →

We continue with §3. Application of the Algebraic Signs to Logic. Peirce’s 1870 “Logic of Relatives” • Selection 2 Numbers Corresponding to Letters I propose to use the term “universe” to denote that class of individuals about which alone the … Continue reading →

We pick up the text at §3. Application of the Algebraic Signs to Logic. Peirce’s 1870 “Logic of Relatives” • Selection 1 Use of the Letters The letters of the alphabet will denote logical signs. Now logical terms are of … Continue reading →

In the beginning was the three-pointed star, One smile of light across the empty face; One bough of bone across the rooting air, The substance forked that marrowed the first sun; And, burning ciphers on the round of space, Heaven … Continue reading →