Category Archives: Information

Sign Relations, Triadic Relations, Relation Theory • Discussion 8

Posted on April 8, 2022 by Jon Awbrey

Re: FB | Dan Everett • On the Origin of Symbols and the Descent of Signs Continuing a discussion on the primal character of symbols. There are a few passages from Peirce going most quickly to the root of the … Continue reading →

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Sign Relations, Triadic Relations, Relation Theory • Discussion 7

Posted on April 5, 2022 by Jon Awbrey

Re: FB | Dan Everett • On the Origin of Symbols and the Descent of Signs A conversation with Dan Everett on Facebook led me to explain the following point about symbols a little better, or at least in fewer … Continue reading →

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Sign Relations, Triadic Relations, Relation Theory • Discussion 6

Posted on March 1, 2022 by Jon Awbrey

Re: FB | Charles S. Peirce Society • Alain Létourneau Alain Létourneau asks if I have any thoughts on Peirce’s Rhetoric.  I venture the following. Classically speaking, rhetoric (as distinguished from dialectic) treats forms of argument which “consider the audience” … Continue reading →

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Functional Logic • Inquiry and Analogy • Preliminaries

Posted on November 14, 2021 by Jon Awbrey

Functional Logic • Inquiry and Analogy This report discusses C.S. Peirce’s treatment of analogy, placing it in relation to his overall theory of inquiry.  We begin by introducing three basic types of reasoning Peirce adopted from classical logic.  In Peirce’s analysis … Continue reading →

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The Difference That Makes A Difference That Peirce Makes • 33

Posted on October 20, 2021 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Ontolog Forum • William Frank William Frank asked a question about propositional attitudes and presuppositions. WF: Are there any formal languages, such as Common Logic, that adequately represent statements about propositions — statements from which, in natural reasoning, one can … Continue reading →

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Conceptual Barriers • 4

Posted on October 12, 2021 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Conceptual Barriers • (1) • (2) • (3) Re: Peirce List • John Sowa • Gary Richmond • Robert Marty Dear Robert, I believe you have pointed to the crux of the matter. When I arrived on the campus … Continue reading →

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Relations & Their Relatives • Discussion 23

Posted on September 21, 2021 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Ontolog Forum • Roberto Rovetto • Alex Shkotin Having lost my concentration to another round of home reconstruction disruption, let me loop back to the texts from Roberto and Alex which drew me into this discussion last week. RR: … Continue reading →

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Relations & Their Relatives • Discussion 22

Posted on September 16, 2021 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Ontolog Forum • Roberto Rovetto (1) (2) RR: What’s your view on: When to create a greater-than-binary relation rather than a binary relation? Consider:  You want to represent some information, statement, or knowledge, without necessarily being forced to limit … Continue reading →

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Relations & Their Relatives • Discussion 21

Posted on September 13, 2021 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Ontolog Forum • Alex Shkotin AS: Let me underline an important point:  first of all, we have found in nature and society one or another relation and ask how many members each example of this relation can have?  i.e. … Continue reading →

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Relations & Their Relatives • Discussion 20

Posted on August 18, 2021 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Information = Comprehension × Extension Re: Category Theory • Morgan Rogers MR: Care to make any of this more precise? [The above] formula, for example? Yes, it will take some care to make it all more precise, and I’ve … Continue reading →

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