Tag Archives: Information

Survey of Pragmatic Semiotic Information • 9

Posted on May 4, 2025 by Jon Awbrey

This is a Survey of blog and wiki posts on a theory of information which grows out of pragmatic semiotic ideas.  All my projects are exploratory in character but this line of inquiry is more open‑ended than most.  The question … Continue reading →

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Survey of Definition and Determination • 4

Posted on May 3, 2025 by Jon Awbrey

In the early 1990s, “in the middle of life’s journey” as the saying goes, I returned to grad school in a systems engineering program with the idea of taking a more systems-theoretic approach to my development of Peircean themes, from … Continue reading →

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Survey of Cybernetics • 5

Posted on May 2, 2025 by Jon Awbrey

Again, in a ship, if a man were at liberty to do what he chose, but were devoid of mind and excellence in navigation (αρετης κυβερνητικης), do you perceive what must happen to him and his fellow sailors? — Plato … Continue reading →

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Survey of Abduction, Deduction, Induction, Analogy, Inquiry • 5

Posted on May 1, 2025 by Jon Awbrey

This is a Survey of blog and wiki posts on three elementary forms of inference, as recognized by a logical tradition extending from Aristotle through Charles S. Peirce.  Particular attention is paid to the way the inferential rudiments combine to … Continue reading →

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Theory and Therapy of Representations • 5

Posted on February 25, 2025 by Jon Awbrey

Re: R.J. Lipton and K.W. Regan • Legal Complexity I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one, my eye reaches but little ways; I cannot calculate the curve and complete the figure by … Continue reading →

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Theory and Therapy of Representations • 4

Posted on February 24, 2025 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Theory and Therapy of Representations • 3 Re: Ontolog Forum • Paola Di Maio JA: What are the forces distorting our representations of what’s observed, what’s expected, and what’s intended? PDM: The short answer is — the force behind all … Continue reading →

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Theory and Therapy of Representations • 3

Posted on February 23, 2025 by Jon Awbrey

Representation is a concept we find at the intersection of cybernetics, epistemology, logic, mathematics, psychology, and sociology.  In my studies it led me from math to psych and back again, with sidelong glances at the history of democratic governance.  Its … Continue reading →

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Theory and Therapy of Representations • 2

Posted on February 22, 2025 by Jon Awbrey

December 19, 2011 In a complex society, people making decisions and taking actions at places remote from you have the power to affect your life in significant ways.  Those people govern your life, they are your government, no matter what … Continue reading →

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Theory and Therapy of Representations • 1

Posted on February 21, 2025 by Jon Awbrey

Again, in a ship, if a man were at liberty to do what he chose, but were devoid of mind and excellence in navigation (αρετης κυβερνητικης), do you perceive what must happen to him and his fellow sailors? Plato • … Continue reading →

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Relations & Their Relatives • Discussion 25

Posted on July 30, 2024 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Daniel Everett • Polyunsaturated Predicates Re: Relations & Their Relatives • Discussion 24 Dear Daniel, I’ve been meaning to get back to this as it keeps coming up and it’s kind of important but it took me a while … Continue reading →

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