Category Archives: Inquiry

Objects, Models, Theories • 4

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Objects, Models, Theories • (1) • (2) • (3) Aristotle’s “Paradigm” We have been considering the following problem — What are objects, models, theories, and how do they relate to one another? In contemplating the problem I always find … Continue reading →

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Objects, Models, Theories • 3

Posted on November 21, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Objects, Models, Theories • (1) • (2) Re: Peirce List • Tom Gollier Here my task is to build bridges between several different classical and contemporary uses of the word model, so I don’t have the luxury of complete … Continue reading →

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Objects, Models, Theories • 2

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

Re: K.W. Regan • The Graph Of Math Re: Artem Kaznatcheev • Three Types Of Mathematical Models What — if anything — is the common sense that connects the different senses of the word model, as it has been used … Continue reading →

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Peircean Semiotics and Triadic Sign Relations • 3

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

Having labored mightily to bring out a new edition of my article on sign relations, including material on the pivotal concept of semiotic equivalence relations which had fallen into obscurity elsewhere, I thought it worth the candle to post a … Continue reading →

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Architectonics of Inquiry • 1

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

Re: R.J. Lipton • Teaching Helps Research Along these lines, if somewhat tangentially, are some questions that I’ve wondered about for many years. How do research and teaching interact, and how might they act to catalyze one another in the … 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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Posted on October 1, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

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Definition and Determination • 9

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Cathy O’Neil • The Art of Definition In classical logical traditions the concepts of definition and determination are closely related and their bond acquires all the more force if you view the overarching concept of constraint from an information-theoretic … Continue reading →

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Objects, Models, Theories • 1

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

Happy Birthday, Charles Sanders Peirce❢ — September 10, 1839 Re: Artem Kaznatcheev • Three Types of Mathematical Models Comment 1 In speaking of models one tends to find denizens of different disciplines talking at cross purposes to one another.  Logicians … Continue reading →

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Where Is Fancy Bred?

Posted on August 24, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Artem Kaznatcheev • Fitness Landscapes as Mental & Mathematical Models of Evolution The question of “mental models” has occupied my thoughts for quite a while. As intelligent agents with a capacity for inquiry, we have ways of forming and … Continue reading →

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