Category Archives: Philosophy

Pragmatic Truth • Discussion 23

Posted on June 8, 2020 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Richard J. Lipton • The Truth Just a random forkful of thoughts from a pragmatic peircepective … Pragmatic Theory Of Truth Re: Cristopher Moore • Platonism and Pluralism The “irritation of doubt”, a state of uncertainty or surprise, marks … Continue reading →

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Sign Relations • Definition

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Jon Awbrey

One of Peirce’s clearest and most complete definitions of a sign is one he gives in the context of providing a definition for logic, and so it is informative to view it in that setting. Logic will here be defined … Continue reading →

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Triadic Relations • Discussion 2

Posted on May 30, 2020 by Jon Awbrey

To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven: A time for building castles in the stratosphere, A time to mind the anti-gravs that keep us here. Re: Systems Science • Rob Young Cf: Conceptual Barriers … Continue reading →

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Sign Relations • Discussion 1

Posted on May 28, 2020 by Jon Awbrey

Thus, if a sunflower, in turning towards the sun, becomes by that very act fully capable, without further condition, of reproducing a sunflower which turns in precisely corresponding ways toward the sun, and of doing so with the same reproductive … Continue reading →

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Sign Relations • Anthesis

Posted on May 28, 2020 by Jon Awbrey

Thus, if a sunflower, in turning towards the sun, becomes by that very act fully capable, without further condition, of reproducing a sunflower which turns in precisely corresponding ways toward the sun, and of doing so with the same reproductive … Continue reading →

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Triadic Relations • Discussion 1

Posted on May 26, 2020 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Cybernetics • Loet Leydesdorff Loet Leydesdorff mentioned making extensive use of triads in a new paper. Leydesdorff, Loet, and Ivanova, Inga (2020), “The Measurement of ‘Interdisciplinarity’ and ‘Synergy’ in Scientific and Extra-Scientific Collaborations”. Online (1) (2). Just off-hand this … Continue reading →

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Triadic Relations • Examples 2

Posted on May 24, 2020 by Jon Awbrey

Examples from Semiotics The study of signs — the full variety of significant forms of expression — in relation to all the affairs signs are significant of, and in relation to all the beings signs are significant to, is known … Continue reading →

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Triadic Relations • Examples 1

Posted on May 21, 2020 by Jon Awbrey

Examples from Mathematics For the sake of topics to be taken up later, it is useful to examine a pair of triadic relations in tandem.  We will construct two triadic relations, and each of which is a subset of the … Continue reading →

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Triadic Relations • Preamble

Posted on May 20, 2020 by Jon Awbrey

Of triadic Being the multitude of forms is so terrific that I have usually shrunk from the task of enumerating them;  and for the present purpose such an enumeration would be worse than superfluous:  it would be a great inconvenience. … Continue reading →

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Survey of Cybernetics • 1

Posted on March 18, 2020 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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