Tag Archives: Analogy

Animated Logical Graphs • 3

Posted on January 26, 2015 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Peirce List • Helmut Raulien I have a little more leisure now to start climbing back into the saddle, so let me see where we left off … Try looking into the article I linked before: Logical Graphs Or … Continue reading →

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Animated Logical Graphs • 2

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Peirce List • Jim Willgoose It’s almost 50 years now since I first encountered the volumes of Peirce’s Collected Papers in the math library at Michigan State, and shortly afterwards a friend called my attention to the entry for … Continue reading →

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Animated Logical Graphs • 1

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Jon Awbrey

For Your Musement … Here are some animations I made up to illustrate several different styles of proof in an extended topological variant of Peirce’s Alpha Graphs for propositional logic. Proof Animations Double Negation Peirce’s Law Praeclarum Theorema Two‑Thirds Majority … Continue reading →

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

Posted on December 12, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Peirce List • Phyllis Chiasson A more complete excerpt and the translator’s notes are very helpful here. A probability (εικος) is not the same as a sign (σηµειον).  The former is a generally accepted premiss ;  for that which people … Continue reading →

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

Posted on December 11, 2013 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 December 11, 2013 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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Objects, Models, Theories : 4

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

I need to stay with this problem a while … What are objects, models, theories, and how do they relate to one another? In contemplating this problem I always find it helpful to ruminate on the diagram shown above — … Continue reading →

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Objects, Models, Theories : 3

Posted on November 21, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Peirce List Discussion • 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 control over the words in play but … Continue reading →

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Objects, Models, Theories : 2

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

Re: K.W. Regan • The Graph Of Math Re: Artem Kaznatcheev • Three Types Of Mathematical Models What — if anything — is the common sense that connects the different senses of the word model, as it has been used … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 1, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

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