Category Archives: Animata

Animated Logical Graphs • 17

To get a clearer view of the relation between primary arithmetic and primary algebra consider the following extremely simple algebraic expression. In this expression the variable name appears as an operand name.  In functional terms, is called an argument name, … Continue reading

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Animated Logical Graphs • 16

In lieu of a field study requirement for my bachelor’s degree I spent two years in various state and university libraries reading everything I could find by and about Peirce, poring most memorably through reels of microfilmed Peirce manuscripts Michigan … Continue reading

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Animated Logical Graphs • 15

In George Spencer Brown’s Laws of Form the relation between the primary arithmetic and the primary algebra is founded on the idea that a variable name appearing as an operand in an algebraic expression indicates the contemplated absence or presence … Continue reading

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Animated Logical Graphs • 14

Re: Systems Science • Joseph Simpson One thing I added to the current Survey of Animated Logical Graphs is an earlier report titled “Futures Of Logical Graphs” (FOLG), which takes up a number of difficult issues in more detail than … Continue reading

Posted in Amphecks, Animata, Boolean Algebra, Boolean Functions, C.S. Peirce, Cactus Graphs, Constraint Satisfaction Problems, Deduction, Diagrammatic Reasoning, Duality, Equational Inference, Graph Theory, Laws of Form, Logic, Logical Graphs, Mathematics, Minimal Negation Operators, Model Theory, Painted Cacti, Peirce, Proof Theory, Propositional Calculus, Propositional Equation Reasoning Systems, Spencer Brown, Theorem Proving, Visualization | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 13 Comments

Animated Logical Graphs • 13

Cf: Survey of Animated Logical Graphs The blog post linked above updates my Survey of Resources for Animated Logical Graphs.  It contains links to basic expositions and extended discussions of the graphs themselves, deriving from the Alpha Graphs C.S. Peirce used … Continue reading

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Survey of Animated Logical Graphs • 2

This is one of several Survey posts I’ll be drafting from time to time, starting with minimal stubs and collecting links to the better variations on persistent themes I’ve worked on over the years.  After that I’ll look to organizing … Continue reading

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Theme One • A Program Of Inquiry 17

The move is all over but the unpacking, and the time looks ripe to pick up the following thread from last spring.  Here, by way of a quick refresher, are a few Tables from earlier discussions. Theme One • A … Continue reading

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Inquiry Driven Systems • Comment 5

Re: Ontolog Forum • Bruce Schuman I would call that the pragmatic semiotic point of view and not find anything shocking in it. One can find earlier foreshadowings — Plato’s Cratylus and the Stoic lekton are often mentioned in this … Continue reading

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Inquiry Driven Systems • Comment 4

Re: Ontolog Forum • Matthew West In the systems approach to inquiry I’ve been pursuing, all specifications, state descriptions, or values of variables come in three modalities:  expected, intended, and actually observed. A difference between expectation and observation is accounted … Continue reading

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Inquiry Driven Systems • Comment 3

Re: Ontolog Forum • Michael DeBellis I remember Doug Medin from the year I was at Illinois and I recall a colloquium talk Frank Keil gave at Michigan State which intrigued me because he echoed ideas from Kant about the … Continue reading

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