Author Archives: Jon Awbrey

C.S. Peirce • The Reality of Thirdness

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Jon Awbrey

Selections from C.S. Peirce, “Lowell Lectures of 1903”, CP 1.343–349 343.   We may say that the bulk of what is actually done consists of Secondness — or better, Secondness is the predominant character of what has been done.  The immediate … Continue reading →

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☆ships of yore

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Jon Awbrey

on the trailing edge of an icy winged age, semele lies enleved in the foils of hades. when shall we see her depart the departed? when will i mark my recue from the shades? not till signs of spring charge … Continue reading →

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C.S. Peirce • Objective Logic

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Jon Awbrey

Selections from C.S. Peirce, “Minute Logic” (1902), CP 2.111–118 111.   With Speculative Rhetoric, Logic, in the sense of Normative Semeotic, is brought to a close.  But now we have to examine whether there be a doctrine of signs corresponding to … Continue reading →

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Ouch❢

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Jon Awbrey

A child hears it said that the stove is hot.  But it is not, he says; and, indeed, that central body is not touching it, and only what that touches is hot or cold.  But he touches it, and finds … Continue reading →

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i wax impressionistic

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Jon Awbrey

would that i could be starting something new ~~~ but there is all of this unfinished business – – and so many threads spin out from this point – – the endeavor toward a functional integration of logic and information … Continue reading →

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The Big Picture

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Jon Awbrey

Scientific knowledge will not save the world if it remains in the brains and blogs and journals of scientists and makes no impression on people in general, policymakers, and the powers that be. Reflections on recent discussions too numerous to … Continue reading →

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Knowledge Workers of the World, Unite❢

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Jon Awbrey

Comments on Gowers’s Weblog Post 1. What’s wrong with electronic journals? Comment 1.1 Having spent a good part of the 1990s writing about what the New Millennium would bring to our intellectual endeavours, it is only fair that I should … Continue reading →

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Sinecure

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Jon Awbrey

Forgive me, Author, for I have signed A sign that forges your original sign — How I miss the indelible mark of thine!

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Forwarding Address for Knol Articles

Posted on December 25, 2011 by Jon Awbrey

It looks like the Annotum developers are following the fashion of the day in rolling out their platform first and testing it later. There doesn’t appear to be any way to edit the articles ported over from Knol to Annotum … Continue reading →

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I Am A Rock

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Jon Awbrey

I Am A Rock

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