Tag Archives: Analogy

Objects, Models, Theories • 4

Posted on September 18, 2026 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Objects, Models, Theories • (1) • (2) • (3) What are objects, models, theories, and how do they relate to one another? Recurring questions about the relationship between objects, models, and theories take on a different aspect when viewed … Continue reading →

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Objects, Models, Theories • 3

Posted on September 14, 2026 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Objects, Models, Theories • (1) • (2) Re: Peirce List • 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 … Continue reading →

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Objects, Models, Theories • 2

Posted on September 12, 2026 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Gödel’s Lost Letter • The Graph Of Math GLL: Kurt Gödel is said to have been a latecomer to appreciating the power of Model Theory.  He was of course the greatest architect of Proof Theory, which stands in contrast … Continue reading →

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Objects, Models, Theories • 1

Posted on September 10, 2026 by Jon Awbrey

Happy Birthday, Charles Sanders Peirce❢ — September 10, 1839 I return once more to a recurring subject. Re: Artem Kaznatcheev • Three Types of Mathematical Models In speaking of models one tends to find denizens of different disciplines talking at … Continue reading →

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Icon, Likeness, Likely Story, Likelihood, Probability • 4

Posted on June 13, 2026 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Icon, Likeness, Likely Story, Likelihood, Probability • 3 Re: Laws of Form • Lyle Anderson Lyle, We are engaged in the wider context of which Peirce’s systems of graphs for propositional logic and Spencer Brown’s calculus of indications constitute … Continue reading →

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Icon, Likeness, Likely Story, Likelihood, Probability • 3

Posted on May 23, 2026 by Jon Awbrey

The passages from Aristotle collected in the present and preceding two posts prepare the way to address overarching tasks in Peirce’s Logic of Science, namely, bringing the Theory of Signs and the Theory of Inquiry into their proper relationship and … Continue reading →

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Icon, Likeness, Likely Story, Likelihood, Probability • 2

Posted on May 19, 2026 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Peirce List • Phyllis Chiasson I’m still a bit fuzzy on how Aristotle’s account relates to Peirce’s usage, though I’m pretty sure Peirce must have taken Aristotle’s usage into account, but it does seem that Aristotle drew some sort … Continue reading →

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Icon, Likeness, Likely Story, Likelihood, Probability • 1

Posted on May 17, 2026 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Peirce List • Benjamin Udell • Michael Shapiro Here’s a likely locus classicus for “icon” in its logical sense — A probability (εικος) is not the same as a sign (σηµειον).  The former is a generally accepted premiss;  for … Continue reading →

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Charles Sanders Peirce, George Spencer Brown, and Me • 20

Posted on September 16, 2025 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Laws of Form • James Bowery JB: I’m interested in those who have approached the notion of self‑duality from the meta‑perspective of switching perspectives between Directed Cyclic Graphs of NiNAND and NiNOR gates (Ni for N‑Inputs à la boolean … Continue reading →

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Charles Sanders Peirce, George Spencer Brown, and Me • 19

Posted on September 10, 2025 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Laws of Form • James Bowery JB: I’m interested in those who have approached the notion of self‑duality from the meta‑perspective of switching perspectives between Directed Cyclic Graphs of NiNAND and NiNOR gates (Ni for N‑Inputs à la boolean … Continue reading →

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