Category Archives: Intention

The object of reasoning is to find out …

Posted on January 23, 2024 by Jon Awbrey

No longer wondered what I would do in life but defined my object. — C.S. Peirce (1861), “My Life, written for the Class-Book”, (CE 1, 3) The object of reasoning is to find out, from the consideration of what we already … Continue reading →

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Theory and Therapy of Representations • 5

Posted on April 26, 2023 by Jon Awbrey

Re: R.J. Lipton and K.W. Regan • Legal Complexity I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one, my eye reaches but little ways; I cannot calculate the curve and complete the figure by … Continue reading →

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Theory and Therapy of Representations • 4

Posted on September 17, 2022 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Theory and Therapy of Representations • 3 Re: Ontolog Forum • Paola Di Maio JA: What are the forces distorting our representations of what’s observed, what’s expected, and what’s intended? PDM: The short answer is …. the force behind all … Continue reading →

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Theory and Therapy of Representations • 3

Posted on September 16, 2022 by Jon Awbrey

Representation is a concept we find at the intersection of cybernetics, epistemology, logic, mathematics, psychology, and sociology.  In my studies it led me from math to psych and back again, with sidelong glances at the history of democratic governance.  Its … Continue reading →

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Theory and Therapy of Representations • 2

Posted on September 14, 2022 by Jon Awbrey

December 19, 2011 In a complex society, people making decisions and taking actions at places remote from you have the power to affect your life in significant ways.  Those people govern your life, they are your government, no matter what … Continue reading →

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Theory and Therapy of Representations • 1

Posted on September 13, 2022 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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Theory and Therapy of Representations • 5

Posted on September 5, 2022 by Jon Awbrey

Re: R.J. Lipton and K.W. Regan • Legal Complexity I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one, my eye reaches but little ways; I cannot calculate the curve and complete the figure by … Continue reading →

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De In Esse Predication • Preliminaries

Posted on May 23, 2021 by Jon Awbrey

Questions have arisen in several places about classical logic and its vicissitudes, what used to be called “deviant logics” in some circles, all of which I recall being hot topics and much-mooted questions when I was a young wffer-snapper and Novice … Continue reading →

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Pragmatic Semiotic Information • Discussion 21

Posted on February 8, 2021 by Jon Awbrey

Re: FB | Medieval Logic • Kollbjorn Oldtheyn • Edward Buckner On the question of which later developments in logic Peirce anticipated, I’ve been more focused on the points where he saw through to features we would not see again … Continue reading →

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Pragmatic Semiotic Information • Discussion 20

Posted on September 30, 2020 by Jon Awbrey

Re: R.J. Lipton and K.W. Regan • IBM Conference on the Informational Lens A little bit of history recoded … It may be worth noting the Information Revolution in our understanding of science began in the mid 1860s when C.S. Peirce … Continue reading →

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