Tag Archives: C.S. Peirce

In the Way of Inquiry • Initial Unpleasantness

Posted on January 8, 2023 by Jon Awbrey

Clouds and thunder: The image of Difficulty at the Beginning. Thus the superior man Brings order out of confusion. — I Ching ䷂ Hexagram 3 Inquiry begins in doubt, a debit of certainty and a drought of information, never a … Continue reading →

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In the Way of Inquiry • Obstacles

Posted on January 7, 2023 by Jon Awbrey

Upon this first, and in one sense this sole, rule of reason, that in order to learn you must desire to learn, and in so desiring not be satisfied with what you already incline to think, there follows one corollary … Continue reading →

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In the Way of Inquiry • Recircus

Posted on January 6, 2023 by Jon Awbrey

I must lie down where all the ladders start In the foul rag and bone shop of the heart. — W.B. Yeats I have in mind circling back to a point in my project on Inquiry Driven Systems, namely, the chapter … Continue reading →

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Zeroth Law Of Semiotics • Discussion 4

Posted on December 25, 2022 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Zeroth Law Of Semiotics • All Liar, No Paradox Re: FB | Pattern Languages for Systemic Transformation • Esteban Trev JA: A statement asserts that a statement is a statement that is false. The statement violates an axiom of … Continue reading →

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Zeroth Law Of Semiotics • Discussion 3

Posted on December 14, 2022 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Zeroth Law Of Semiotics • All Liar, No Paradox Re: FB | Charles S. Peirce Society • Kent Olson KO: The liar paradox is a self-referential paradox, yes? I think Russell answered these. Dear Kent, Russell had no inkling … Continue reading →

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Survey of Differential Logic • 4

Posted on November 20, 2022 by Jon Awbrey

This is a Survey of blog and wiki posts on Differential Logic, material I plan to develop toward a more compact and systematic account. Elements Differential Propositional Calculus Part 1 • Part 2 • Appendices • References Differential Logic • … Continue reading →

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Sign Relational Manifolds • Discussion 3

Posted on November 11, 2022 by Jon Awbrey

Re: FB | Paradoxology • Alex Shkotin   AS: I see — “sign relation” is a special term for triadic relations of some kind (with some properties);  like this:  thing in first position and thing in second position must refer … Continue reading →

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Sign Relational Manifolds • Discussion 2

Posted on November 7, 2022 by Jon Awbrey

Re: FB | Paradoxology • Alex Shkotin   AS: Not on a narrow topic, but maybe you have a desire to answer. Hypothesis.  Any material something can be a sign. Is it possible to give an example of something material … Continue reading →

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Sign Relational Manifolds • Discussion 1

Posted on November 7, 2022 by Jon Awbrey

Semiotic Orbits, Manifolds, Arcs The arc of the semiotic universe is long but it bends towards universal harmony. Re: FB | Semiotics, Books, Links, News • What’s at the End of a Chain of Interpretants? Semiotic manifolds, like physical and … Continue reading →

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Sign Relational Manifolds • 5

Posted on November 6, 2022 by Jon Awbrey

Let me try to say in intuitive terms what I think is really going on here. The problem we face is as old as the problem of other minds, or intersubjectivity, or even commensurability, and it naturally involves a whole … Continue reading →

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