Category Archives: Inquiry Driven Systems

Charles Sanders Peirce, George Spencer Brown, and Me • 2

Posted on July 21, 2017 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Laws of Form I’m making an effort to present this material in a more gradual and logical order than I’ve ever managed to do before.  There are issues about the relationship between episodic and semantic memory that are giving … Continue reading →

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Charles Sanders Peirce, George Spencer Brown, and Me • 1

Posted on July 20, 2017 by Jon Awbrey

It’s almost 50 years now since I first encountered the volumes of Peirce’s Collected Papers in the math library at Michigan State, and shortly afterwards a friend called my attention to the entry for Spencer Brown’s Laws of Form in … Continue reading →

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Charles Sanders Peirce, George Spencer Brown, and Me

Posted on July 19, 2017 by Jon Awbrey

James Bowery left a comment on my blog and opened a thread in the Yahoo! group devoted to discussing the mathematics of George Spencer Brown’s Laws of Form.  I’ve been meaning to join that discussion as soon as I could work … Continue reading →

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Icon Index Symbol • 17

Posted on May 9, 2017 by Jon Awbrey

Questions Concerning Certain Faculties Claimed For Signs Re: Peirce List (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) • Helmut Raulien Our object being to clarify the relationships among icons, indices, and symbols, I believe the maximum benefit possible at this point is … Continue reading →

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Icon Index Symbol • 16

Posted on May 6, 2017 by Jon Awbrey

Questions Concerning Certain Faculties Claimed For Signs Re: Peirce List (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) • Jon Alan Schmidt • Helmut Raulien Having lost my train of thought due to a week on the road, I would like to go … Continue reading →

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Icon Index Symbol • 15

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Jon Awbrey

Questions Concerning Certain Faculties Claimed For Signs I put down the cup and turn to my mind.  It is up to my mind to find the truth.  But how?  What grave uncertainty, whenever the mind feels overtaken by itself;  when it, … Continue reading →

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Icon Index Symbol • 14

Posted on April 30, 2017 by Jon Awbrey

Questions Concerning Certain Faculties Claimed For Signs Re: Peirce List (1) (2) (3) • Helmut Raulien Re: Icon Index Symbol • (10) (11) (12) (13) Let me sum up the main points of the above exchange before moving on. Mathematics … Continue reading →

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Icon Index Symbol • 13

Posted on April 29, 2017 by Jon Awbrey

Questions Concerning Certain Faculties Claimed For Signs Re: Peirce List (1) (2) (3) • Helmut Raulien HR: I guess, that a difference between Peirce’s relation theory, and his semiotics and category theory, is, that the first is about all triadic … Continue reading →

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Icon Index Symbol • 12

Posted on April 28, 2017 by Jon Awbrey

Questions Concerning Certain Faculties Claimed For Signs Re: Peirce List (1) (2) (3) • Helmut Raulien HR: Example:  The triadic function with the three sets not being classes of any kind, at least not of the special kind (whatever that … Continue reading →

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Icon Index Symbol • 11

Posted on April 27, 2017 by Jon Awbrey

Questions Concerning Certain Faculties Claimed For Signs Re: Peirce List (1) (2) (3) • Helmut Raulien HR: A simple triadic or n-adic relation, I think, belongs to secondness, and has only two modes:  the quality, e.g. function or caprice (intension), … Continue reading →

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