Category Archives: Indication

Definition and Determination • 12

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Peirce List (1) (2) Re: Jerry Rhee, quoting Peirce (1) (2) The surprising fact, C, is observed; But if A were true, C would be a matter of course, Hence, there is reason to suspect that A is true.  … Continue reading →

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Readings On Determination

Posted on April 11, 2016 by Jon Awbrey

This is an anchor post for a set of readings on determination, focusing on the census of senses Peirce employed in his pragmatic approach to information, inquiry, science, and signs with a pinch of readings from other writers for historical … Continue reading →

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Definition and Determination • 11

Posted on April 4, 2016 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Peirce List (1) (2) Re: Gary Fuhrman (1) (2) Re: Jeffrey Downard (1) (2) The subject of determination comes up from time to time.  Here is a link to an assortment of excerpts I collected when I was first … Continue reading →

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Definition and Determination • 10

Posted on October 7, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

The moment, then, that we pass from nothing and the vacuity of being to any content or sphere, we come at once to a composite content and sphere.  In fact, extension and comprehension — like space and time — are … Continue reading →

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Special Classes of Propositions

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

Adapted from Differential Propositional Calculus • Special Classes of Propositions A basic proposition, coordinate proposition, or simple proposition in the universe of discourse is one of the propositions in the set Among the propositions in are several families of propositions … Continue reading →

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Duality Indicating Unity • 1

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

Re: R.J. Lipton • Mathematical Tricks A formal duality points to a higher unity — a calculus of forms whose expressions can be read in two different ways by switching the meanings assigned to a pair of primitive terms. I … Continue reading →

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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 →

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