Category Archives: Inquiry Driven Systems

Differential Logic • 4

Posted on March 26, 2020 by Jon Awbrey

Differential Expansions of Propositions Bird’s Eye View An efficient calculus for the realm of logic represented by boolean functions and elementary propositions makes it feasible to compute the finite differences and the differentials of those functions and propositions. For example, … Continue reading →

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Differential Logic • 3

Posted on March 24, 2020 by Jon Awbrey

Cactus Language for Propositional Logic Table 1 shows the cactus graphs, the corresponding cactus expressions, their logical meanings under the so-called existential interpretation, and their translations into conventional notations for a sample of basic propositional forms. Table 1.  Syntax and … Continue reading →

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Differential Logic • 2

Posted on March 23, 2020 by Jon Awbrey

Cactus Language for Propositional Logic The development of differential logic is facilitated by having a moderately efficient calculus in place at the level of boolean-valued functions and elementary logical propositions.  One very efficient calculus on both conceptual and computational grounds … Continue reading →

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Differential Logic • 1

Posted on March 22, 2020 by Jon Awbrey

Introduction Differential logic is the component of logic whose object is the description of variation — for example, the aspects of change, difference, distribution, and diversity — in universes of discourse subject to logical description.  A definition that broad naturally … Continue reading →

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Differential Logic • Overview

Posted on March 20, 2020 by Jon Awbrey

The previous series of blog posts on Differential Propositional Calculus brought us to the threshold of the subject without quite stepping over but I wanted to lay out the necessary ingredients in the most concrete, intuitive, and visual way possible … Continue reading →

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Survey of Cybernetics • 1

Posted on March 18, 2020 by Jon Awbrey

Again, in a ship, if a man were at liberty to do what he chose, but were devoid of mind and excellence in navigation (αρετης κυβερνητικης), do you perceive what must happen to him and his fellow sailors? Plato • … Continue reading →

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Abduction, Deduction, Induction, Analogy, Inquiry • 29

Posted on March 15, 2020 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Ontolog Forum • Michael DeBellis Questions about Abduction in AI and Computer Science raised in the Ontolog Forum prompted me to look up previous discussions tracing the integral relationship among information, inquiry, and the three types of inference.  Here’s … Continue reading →

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Abduction, Deduction, Induction, Analogy, Inquiry • 28

Posted on March 10, 2020 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Ontolog Forum • Michael DeBellis • Adrian Walker MDB: I’m currently auditing a fascinating seminar at Berkeley on Semiotics and Information Theory.  Mostly we are focusing on C.S. Peirce although we’ve also explored other theories such as Shannon’s Information Theory.  … Continue reading →

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Survey of Differential Logic • 2

Posted on February 8, 2020 by Jon Awbrey

This is a Survey of blog and wiki posts on Differential Logic, material I plan to develop toward a more compact and systematic account. Elements Differential Logic • Introduction Differential Logic • Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 … Continue reading →

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Cybernetics • Requisite Variety • Selection 13

Posted on January 9, 2020 by Jon Awbrey

Our venture into cybernetics, the study of systems whose time evolution signifies an object, brings us to the point of seeing how pragmatic, semiotic, and systems thinking all have triadic relations at their core. Recall the game between and determined by … Continue reading →

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