Category Archives: Pragmatic Maxim

Survey of Inquiry Driven Systems • 6

Posted on February 28, 2024 by Jon Awbrey

This is a Survey of work in progress on Inquiry Driven Systems, material I plan to refine toward a more compact and systematic treatment of the subject. An inquiry driven system is a system having among its state variables some … Continue reading →

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Survey of Abduction, Deduction, Induction, Analogy, Inquiry • 4

Posted on February 27, 2024 by Jon Awbrey

This is a Survey of blog and wiki posts on three elementary forms of inference, as recognized by a logical tradition extending from Aristotle through Charles S. Peirce.  Particular attention is paid to the way these inferential rudiments combine to … Continue reading →

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Pragmatic Maxim

Posted on August 7, 2023 by Jon Awbrey

The pragmatic maxim is a guideline for the practice of inquiry formulated by Charles Sanders Peirce. Serving as a normative recommendation or a regulative principle in the normative science of logic, its function is to guide the conduct of thought toward the achievement of its aims, advising the addressee on an optimal way of “attaining clearness of apprehension”. Continue reading →

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Survey of Inquiry Driven Systems • 5

Posted on April 23, 2023 by Jon Awbrey

This is a Survey of work in progress on Inquiry Driven Systems, material I plan to refine toward a more compact and systematic treatment of the subject. An inquiry driven system is a system having among its state variables some … Continue reading →

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Survey of Abduction, Deduction, Induction, Analogy, Inquiry • 3

Posted on April 2, 2023 by Jon Awbrey

This is a Survey of blog and wiki posts on three elementary forms of inference, as recognized by a logical tradition extending from Aristotle through Charles S. Peirce.  Particular attention is paid to the way these inferential rudiments combine to … Continue reading →

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Zeroth Law Of Semiotics • Discussion 4

Posted on December 25, 2022 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Zeroth Law Of Semiotics • All Liar, No Paradox Re: FB | Pattern Languages for Systemic Transformation • Esteban Trev JA: A statement asserts that a statement is a statement that is false. The statement violates an axiom of … Continue reading →

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Zeroth Law Of Semiotics • Discussion 3

Posted on December 14, 2022 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Zeroth Law Of Semiotics • All Liar, No Paradox Re: FB | Charles S. Peirce Society • Kent Olson KO: The liar paradox is a self-referential paradox, yes? I think Russell answered these. Dear Kent, Russell had no inkling … Continue reading →

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Zeroth Law Of Semiotics • Discussion 2

Posted on October 27, 2022 by Jon Awbrey

Re: All Liar, No Paradox • Zeroth Law Of Semiotics Re: FB | Charles S. Peirce Society • Joseph Harry Paradoxes star among my first loves in logic.  So enamored was I with tricks of the mind’s eye I remember … Continue reading →

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Survey of Inquiry Driven Systems • 4

Posted on August 12, 2022 by Jon Awbrey

This is a Survey of blog and wiki resources on Inquiry Driven Systems, material I plan to refine toward a more compact and systematic treatment of the subject. An inquiry driven system is a system having among its state variables … Continue reading →

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The Difference That Makes A Difference That Peirce Makes • 33

Posted on October 20, 2021 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Ontolog Forum • William Frank William Frank asked a question about propositional attitudes and presuppositions. WF: Are there any formal languages, such as Common Logic, that adequately represent statements about propositions — statements from which, in natural reasoning, one can … Continue reading →

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