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Abduction, Deduction, Induction, Analogy, Inquiry • 25

Re: Artem Kaznatcheev • Reductionism : To Computer Science From Philosophy The sense of reduction operative in complexity theory has its roots in Aristotle’s απαγωγη, variously translated as abduction or reduction and sometimes glossed as retroduction by C.S. Peirce.  See my … Continue reading

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Pragmatic Semiotic Information • Discussion 11

Re: Ontolog Forum • Ferenc Kovacs Re: Anja-Karina Pahl • Contradiction and Analogy as the Basis for Inventive Thinking One of the insights coming out of Peirce’s logical work is the fact that negative operations are more powerful than positive … Continue reading

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Pragmatic Semiotic Information • Discussion 10

Re: Ontolog Forum Artem Kaznatcheev posted an interesting discussion on his blog under the title “Models as Maps and Maps as Interfaces” that I saw as fitting under this head.  A reader of Peirce may recognize critical insights of pragmatic thought … Continue reading

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Pragmatic Semiotic Information • Discussion 9

Re: Ontolog Forum • JS I’ll be experiencing intermittent interruptions from now until the moving vans come and probably a while after but I’m hoping things will settle down by Thanksgiving. For the moment I’ll simply post a few links … Continue reading

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Pragmatic Semiotic Information • Discussion 8

Re: Ontolog Forum • JS The concept of a triadic sign relation, in typical form where is the object domain (think universe of discourse) and and are domains of signs (think channels or languages) being used to talk and think … Continue reading

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Pragmatic Semiotic Information • Discussion 7

Re: Ontolog Forum • JS JS: It appears to me that it is very difficult to fully grasp the fundamental issues associated with pragmatic semiotic information when the natural language of the individual conducting the inquiry is the main object … Continue reading

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Pragmatic Semiotic Information • Discussion 6

Re: Ontolog Forum • JS The subject of natural languages and their relation to formal languages, for example, logical calculi, logical graphs, mathematical formalisms, and programming languages, has come up periodically in our discussions and I’ve been struggling to arrive … Continue reading

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Pragmatic Semiotic Information • Discussion 5

Re: Ontolog Forum • AA Of course it’s not that simple.  I called it a cornerstone not a whole building but it gives us a starting point and a first approach to a pragmatic semiotic architecture still being built as we speak. … Continue reading

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Pragmatic Semiotic Information • Discussion 4

Re: Is Quantum Mechanics A Probabilistic Theory? • What Is Measurement? Measurement is an extension of perception.  Measurement gives us data about an object system the way perception gives us percepts, which we may consider just a species of data. … Continue reading

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Pragmatic Truth • Discussion 12

Re: Peirce List Discussion • JFS • JFS • JAS • GF • JAS • GF I realize that iconolatry — just one of many forms of dyadic reductionism — runs too deep at present for most folks to appreciate this, … Continue reading

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