Category Archives: Icon Index Symbol

{ Information = Comprehension × Extension } • Discussion 9

Posted on January 25, 2019 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Ontolog Forum • Mihai Nadin Here’s an article of mine bearing on the present topic, namely, the relationship between Peirce’s theory of triadic sign relations and his theory of inquiry.  It also gives a smattering of historical context, bracketing … Continue reading →

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{ Information = Comprehension × Extension } • Discussion 8

Posted on January 24, 2019 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Structural Modeling • Joseph Simpson Links to previous Selections, Comments, and Discussions on this topic can be found here.  See especially the section on I = C × E. My plan going forward is to review this material in … Continue reading →

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{ Information = Comprehension × Extension } • Revisited

Posted on January 23, 2019 by Jon Awbrey

Three summers ago I hit on what struck me as a new insight into one of the most recalcitrant problems in Peirce’s semiotics and logic of science, namely, the relation between “the manner in which different representations stand for their … Continue reading →

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{ Information = Comprehension × Extension } • Comment 8

Posted on October 8, 2018 by Jon Awbrey

So what is all this fuss about the relation between inquiry and signs, as analyzed in Peirce’s theories of their structure and function and synthesized in his theory of information? The best way I’ve found to see where the problem … Continue reading →

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{ Information = Comprehension × Extension } • Comment 7

Posted on October 3, 2018 by Jon Awbrey

One of the most tantalizing puzzles in Peirce’s work is the relation between his theory of inquiry and his theory of signs.  From the outset I found it useful to return to his early ventures where the two theories work … Continue reading →

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Pragmatic Semiotic Information • Discussion 3

Posted on September 4, 2018 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Ontolog Forum • JFS What I find lacking in these static ontological hierarchies is the dynamic, functional, transformational side of scientific inquiry, the process that produces the product known as knowledge.  If sciences are bodies of organized knowledge, what … Continue reading →

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Pragmatic Semiotic Information • Discussion 2

Posted on September 2, 2018 by Jon Awbrey

I’ve been following the discussion on the Sys Sci list that asks the question, “What Is Systems Science?”.  I haven’t found the time to join in yet but it is very interesting to me on account of the fact my … Continue reading →

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Pragmatic Semiotic Information • Discussion 1

Posted on August 22, 2018 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Systems Science • Kenneth Lloyd Ken’s comment made me realize that the notation is probably not the best.  It tends to mislead us into thinking we already have in hand, in other words, that we already have perfect information … Continue reading →

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Pragmatic Semiotic Information • Ψ

Posted on August 21, 2018 by Jon Awbrey

I remember it was back in ’76 when I began to notice a subtle shift of focus in the computer science journals I was reading, from discussing X to discussing Information About X, a transformation I noted mentally as whenever … Continue reading →

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Sign Relations, Triadic Relations, Relations • 10

Posted on August 15, 2018 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Ontolog Forum • Ravi Sharma The words predicate, proposition, relation, and so on are affected by many variations in usage.  Some of their uses are associated with philosophical habits unlikely to change any time soon.  But there are a … Continue reading →

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