Category Archives: Reductionism

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Posted on October 1, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

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⚠ It’s A Trap ⚠

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Kenneth W. Regan • Graduate Student Traps The most common mathematical trap I run across has to do with Triadic Relation Irreducibility, as noted and treated by the polymath C.S. Peirce. This trap lies in the mistaken belief that every … Continue reading →

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Château Descartes

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

But if we are to select those dimensions which will be of the greatest assistance to our imagination, we should never attend to more than one or two of them as depicted in our imagination, even though we are well … Continue reading →

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