Category Archives: Natural Intelligence

Where Is Fancy Bred? • Comment 1

Posted on September 14, 2018 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Artem Kaznatcheev • Labyrinth : Fitness Landscapes As Mazes, Not Mountains A species in progress, with its naturally evolved organs of sensitivity, effectivity, and discernment, in its trials to learn the properties of its environment, cannot be expected to … Continue reading →

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Objects, Models, Theories : 4

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

I need to stay with this problem a while … What are objects, models, theories, and how do they relate to one another? In contemplating this problem I always find it helpful to ruminate on the diagram shown above — … Continue reading →

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Objects, Models, Theories : 3

Posted on November 21, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Peirce List Discussion • 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 control over the words in play but … 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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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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