Category Archives: Inquiry

On Reading Peirce • Discussion 2

Posted on September 5, 2021 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Peirce List • Jon Awbrey • Gary Richmond JA: Well, it’s true, all science is under construction. But not everything under construction is a science. GR: True.  But I’d suggest that there is no good reason to block the … Continue reading →

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On Reading Peirce • Discussion 1

Posted on September 4, 2021 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Peirce List • Jon Awbrey • John Sowa JFS: I detect a prebit of irony in your note. Although I respect Peirce’s ethics of terminology and observe his recommendations when they are appropriate and realistic, I also know that … 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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Relations & Their Relatives • Discussion 19

Posted on August 18, 2021 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Category Theory • Henry Story HS: Could one not say that Frege also had a three part relation?  I guess:  for singular terms their Sense and Reference. […] His argument could be explained very simply.  Imagine you start with … Continue reading →

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Relations & Their Relatives • Discussion 18

Posted on August 17, 2021 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Relations & Their Relatives • 4 Re: Category Theory • Morgan Rogers MR: So a “sign process” would be a subset , where is a time domain? There are a couple of ways we usually see the concept of … Continue reading →

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Inquiry Driven Systems • Discussion 9

Posted on July 26, 2021 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Laws of Form • Leon Conrad LC: As someone who has worked on, teaches, and uses the CoI [Calculus of Indications] to make classical syllogistic logic much easier to practice and more visually intuitive than any of the visualisations we … Continue reading →

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Inquiry Driven Systems • Discussion 8

Posted on July 26, 2021 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Category Theory • Simon Burton SB: From what I’ve noticed there are two kinds of mathematical thinking:  manipulating abstract syntax, versus direct experience/perception of concrete mathematics.  These two are intertwined in various ways, but in my experience people generally … Continue reading →

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Inquiry Driven Systems • Discussion 7

Posted on July 26, 2021 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Category Theory • Henry Story HS: I place Logic within Mathematics and modal logic is a field of Logic, and so of mathematics.  You will find that modal logic comes up a lot working with machines, programs, and all … Continue reading →

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Inquiry Driven Systems • Discussion 6

Posted on July 25, 2021 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Category Theory • Henry Story HS: If one were to think about maths and children’s education one would need to look at the needs of other subjects too.  It should be easy for people here to work out how … Continue reading →

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Inquiry Driven Systems • Discussion 5

Posted on July 25, 2021 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Laws of Form • Leon Conrad LC: As someone who has worked on, teaches, and uses the CoI [Calculus of Indications] to make classical syllogistic logic much easier to practice and more visually intuitive than any of the visualisations we … Continue reading →

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