Tag Archives: Inquiry Driven Systems

Theme One • A Program Of Inquiry 8

Posted on March 10, 2018 by Jon Awbrey

Coding Logical Graphs My earliest experiments coding logical graphs as dynamic “pointer” data structures taught me that conceptual and computational efficiencies of a critical sort could be achieved by generalizing their abstract graphs from trees to the variety graph theorists … Continue reading →

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Theme One • A Program Of Inquiry 7

Posted on March 3, 2018 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Peirce List • (1) • (2) Discussion arose in the Laws Of Form Group about computational explorations of George Spencer Brown’s calculus of indications. Readers of Peirce are generally aware Spencer Brown revived certain aspects of Peirce’s logical graphs, focusing on … Continue reading →

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Theme One • A Program Of Inquiry 6

Posted on February 28, 2018 by Jon Awbrey

Programs are algorithms operating on data structures (Niklaus Wirth).  How do we turn abstract graphs like those used by Charles S. Peirce and G. Spencer Brown into concrete data structures algorithms can manipulate?  There are many ways to do this, but one … Continue reading →

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Theme One • A Program Of Inquiry 5

Posted on February 27, 2018 by Jon Awbrey

I started learning programming about the same time I first ran across C.S. Peirce’s Logical Graphs and Spencer Brown’s Laws of Form in the late 1960s and naturally tried each new language and each new set of skills I learned on writing … Continue reading →

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Survey of Theme One Program • 2

Posted on February 25, 2018 by Jon Awbrey

This is a Survey of blog and wiki posts relating to the Theme One Program I worked on all through the 1980s.  The aim was to develop fundamental algorithms and data structures to support an integrated learning and reasoning interface, … Continue reading →

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Inquiry Driven Systems • Comment 2

Posted on February 21, 2018 by Jon Awbrey

I just got reminded of an earlier blog post that more or less fits here.  It links to the bibliography I had in hand and mind when I went back to graduate school in systems engineering to synthesize all the … Continue reading →

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Inquiry Driven Systems • Comment 1

Posted on February 18, 2018 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Peirce List • Daniel Everett • Edwina Taborsky The role of acquired knowledge bases in inquiry, learning, and reasoning is discussed in the following article and sections. Introduction to Inquiry Driven Systems Inquiry Learning Transfer Testing cc: Peirce List … Continue reading →

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Pragmatic Traction • 7

Posted on November 8, 2017 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Peirce List • John Sowa It’s good to remember that observation, perception itself, has an abductive character in Peirce’s analysis and induction for him is more a final testing than initial conception stage.  Yes, it’s wheels upon wheels but … Continue reading →

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Ask Meno Questions • Discussion 4

Posted on October 19, 2017 by Jon Awbrey

Re: FB | Foundations of Mathematics • Oguzhan Kosar The questions raised under the heading of “Foundations of Mathematics” are generally considered to fall under the “Philosophy of Mathematics”, in particular, critical reflection on the possibility of mathematical knowledge and … Continue reading →

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Pragmatic Traction • 6

Posted on October 15, 2017 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Peirce List Discussion • GF • JFS When it comes to the relative contributions of phenomenology and mathematics to logic, I always find myself returning to the picture I drew once before from Peirce’s Syllabus, on the relationship of phenomenology and … Continue reading →

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