Tag Archives: Information

Pragmatic Truth • Discussion 6

Posted on March 21, 2017 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Peirce List Discussion • CG • JA • JA • JA • JAS • JA • CG • JA • JBD • JA Working on what is worth saving in old Wikipedia articles requires me to rummage through their … Continue reading →

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Pragmatic Truth • Discussion 5

Posted on March 19, 2017 by Jon Awbrey

I’ve begun reworking the InterSciWiki article on the Pragmatic Theory of Truth and I think it will be useful to develop it further.  The plan that usually works best for me is to revise the content on the wiki and … Continue reading →

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Pragmatic Truth • Discussion 4

Posted on March 16, 2017 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Peirce List • Jerry Rhee (quoting Peirce) The opinion which is fated to be ultimately agreed to by all who investigate, is what we mean by the truth, and the object represented in this opinion is the real.  (CP 5.407, … Continue reading →

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Pragmatic Truth • Discussion 3

Posted on March 14, 2017 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Peirce List • Val Daniel I propose that we complete the customary (incomplete/dyadic) theories of truth, viz., by consensus and by correspondence, by adding, Truth by “concordance” (what you, Jon, call “triple correspondence”). Proposal accepted!  Actually, I feel like I’ve … Continue reading →

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Pragmatic Truth • Discussion 2

Posted on March 14, 2017 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Peirce List | Truth As Regulative Or Real • CG • JFS • JLRC I’ve been reviewing the old articles mentioned in my last post and the more I look at them the more I think they might be … Continue reading →

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Pragmatic Truth • Discussion 1

Posted on March 11, 2017 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Peirce List | Truth As Regulative Or Real • CG • JLRC • JAS • JBD • JA • JFS Cf: Peirce List | Pragmatic Theory Of Truth • JA Comment 1 Folks who were around a dozen years … Continue reading →

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Survey of Abduction, Deduction, Induction, Analogy, Inquiry • 1

Posted on March 8, 2017 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 these inferential rudiments combine to … Continue reading →

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Survey of Semiotic Theory Of Information • 2

Posted on February 27, 2017 by Jon Awbrey

This is a Survey of previous blog and wiki posts on the Semiotic Theory Of Information.  All my projects are exploratory in essence but this line of inquiry is more open-ended than most.  The question is: What is information and how … Continue reading →

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Peirce and Democracy • 2

Posted on December 30, 2016 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Peirce List • Gary Richmond • Helmut Raulien • John Sowa • Jon Awbrey The essential reading for understanding the unbridled avarice of capitalism — how the Gospel Of Greed takes root in the hearts of those who set … Continue reading →

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Theory and Therapy of Representations • 2

Posted on December 19, 2016 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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