Category Archives: Cybernetics

Theme One • A Program Of Inquiry 4

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Next Polymath Project • What, When, Where? Here’s a bit of data on the Theme One Program I worked on all through the 1980s.  My aim was to develop fundamental algorithms and data structures to support an integrated learning … Continue reading →

Posted in Artificial Intelligence, C.S. Peirce, Cognition, Computation, Constraint Satisfaction Problems, Cybernetics, Formal Languages, Inquiry, Inquiry Driven Systems, Intelligent Systems, Learning Theory, Logic, Peirce, Semiotics | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Theme One • A Program Of Inquiry 3

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Peirce List • Gary Richmond The program I wrote for my M.A. in Psych was barely a prototype, a “test of concept”, as they say, but I continued to develop and apply the underlying collection of ideas to a number … Continue reading →

Posted in Artificial Intelligence, C.S. Peirce, Cognition, Computation, Constraint Satisfaction Problems, Cybernetics, Formal Languages, Inquiry, Inquiry Driven Systems, Intelligent Systems, Learning Theory, Logic, Peirce, Semiotics | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Constraints and Indications • 1

Posted on December 23, 2012 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Peirce List • Christophe Menant • Jon Awbrey • Christophe Menant The system-theoretic concept of constraint is one that unifies a manifold of other notions — definition, determination, habit, information, law, predicate, regularity, and so on.  Indeed, it is … Continue reading →

Posted in Adaptive Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Ashby, C.S. Peirce, Constraint, Control, Cybernetics, Determination, Error-Controlled Regulation, Feedback, Indication, Indicator Functions, Information, Inquiry, Inquiry Driven Systems, Intelligent Systems, Intentionality, Learning Theory, Peirce, Semiotic Information, Semiotics, Systems Theory, Uncertainty | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Theme One • A Program Of Inquiry 2

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Peirce List • Jerry Chandler I think I was probably the first person in that particular psychology department to submit a program as a master’s thesis, at any rate they didn’t have regular procedures set up for that kind … Continue reading →

Posted in Artificial Intelligence, C.S. Peirce, Cognition, Computation, Constraint Satisfaction Problems, Cybernetics, Formal Languages, Inquiry, Inquiry Driven Systems, Intelligent Systems, Learning Theory, Logic, Peirce, Semiotics | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Theme One • A Program Of Inquiry 1

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Peirce List • Jerry Chandler • Jon Awbrey • Gary Richmond • Christophe Menant I view psychology, throughout its many branches, as a fascinating and compelling collection of subjects, so much so I spent one of my parallel lives … Continue reading →

Posted in Artificial Intelligence, C.S. Peirce, Cognition, Computation, Constraint Satisfaction Problems, Cybernetics, Formal Languages, Inquiry, Inquiry Driven Systems, Intelligent Systems, Learning Theory, Logic, Semiotics, Visualization | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Demonstrative And Otherwise

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Jon Awbrey

I am constantly encountering what I perceive as echoes of Peircean themes in places where acquaintance with or interest in Peirce’s work is slight at best, and that leaves me with a lot of pent up thoughts that I’ve learned through … Continue reading →

Posted in Abduction, Artificial Intelligence, C.S. Peirce, Computation, Computational Complexity, Cybernetics, Deduction, Induction, Inquiry, Inquiry Driven Systems, Intelligent Systems, Logic, Peirce, Programming, Semiotics | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Sign Relational Manifolds • 5

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Jon Awbrey

Let me try to say in intuitive terms what I think is really going on here. The problem we face is as old as the problem of other minds, or intersubjectivity, or even commensurability, and it naturally involves a whole … Continue reading →

Posted in C.S. Peirce, Cybernetics, Differential Geometry, Differential Logic, Geometry, Interoperability, Logic, Manifolds, Mathematics, Riemann, Semiotics, Sign Relational Manifolds, Sign Relations, Triadic Relations, Visualization | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Sign Relational Manifolds • 4

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Jon Awbrey

Another set of notes I found on this theme strikes me as getting to the point more quickly and though they read a little rough in places I think it may be worth the effort to fill out their general … Continue reading →

Posted in C.S. Peirce, Cybernetics, Differential Geometry, Differential Logic, Geometry, Interoperability, Logic, Manifolds, Mathematics, Riemann, Semiotics, Sign Relational Manifolds, Sign Relations, Triadic Relations, Visualization | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Sign Relational Manifolds • 3

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Jon Awbrey

I’m not sure when it was I first noticed the relationship between manifolds and semiotics but I distinctly recall the passage in Serge Lang’s Differential and Riemannian Manifolds which brought the triadic character of tangent vectors into high relief.  I … Continue reading →

Posted in C.S. Peirce, Cybernetics, Differential Geometry, Differential Logic, Geometry, Intentionality, Logic, Manifolds, Mathematics, Riemann, Semiotics, Sign Relational Manifolds, Sign Relations, Triadic Relations, Visualization | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Sign Relational Manifolds • 2

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Jon Awbrey

A sense of how manifolds are applied in practice may be gleaned from the set of excerpts linked below, from Doolin and Martin (1990), Introduction to Differential Geometry for Engineers, which I used in discussing differentiable manifolds with other participants … Continue reading →

Posted in C.S. Peirce, Cybernetics, Differential Geometry, Differential Logic, Geometry, Interoperability, Logic, Manifolds, Mathematics, Riemann, Semiotics, Sign Relational Manifolds, Sign Relations, Triadic Relations, Visualization | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment