Tag Archives: Inquiry

C.S. Peirce • The Proper Treatment of Hypotheses

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

Selection from C.S. Peirce, “Hume On Miracles” (1901), CP 6.522–547 530.   Now the testing of a hypothesis is usually more or less costly. Not infrequently the whole life’s labor of a number of able men is required to disprove a … Continue reading →

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Triadic Relation Irreducibility • 3

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

References Relation Theory OEIS Wiki • PlanetMath Triadic Relations OEIS Wiki • PlanetMath Sign Relations OEIS Wiki • PlanetMath Relation Composition OEIS Wiki • PlanetMath Relation Construction OEIS Wiki • PlanetMath Relation Reduction OEIS Wiki • PlanetMath Related Readings Notes … Continue reading →

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What part do arguments from authority play in mathematical reasoning?

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

In forming your answer you may choose to address any or all of the following aspects of the question: Descriptive What part do arguments from authority actually play in mathematical reasoning? Normative What part do arguments from authority ideally play … Continue reading →

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C.S. Peirce : Information = Comprehension × Extension

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

Re: R.J. Lipton and K.W. Regan • A Most Perplexing Mystery The inverse relationship between symmetry and diversity — that we see for example in the lattice-inverting map of a Galois correspondence — is a variation on an old theme … Continue reading →

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Revolt, Freedom, Passion

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

Thus I draw from the absurd three consequences, which are my revolt, my freedom, and my passion. By the mere activity of consciousness I transform into a rule of life what was an invitation to death — and I refuse suicide. I … Continue reading →

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Absurdum Quid

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

I am thus justified in saying that the feeling of absurdity does not spring from the mere scrutiny of a fact or an impression, but that it bursts from the comparison between a bare fact and a certain reality, between … Continue reading →

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The Way The Cookie Uncrumbles Itself

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

I put down the cup and turn to my mind.  It is up to my mind to find the truth.  But how?  What grave uncertainty, whenever the mind feels overtaken by itself;  when it, the seeker, is also the obscure … Continue reading →

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A Meno Acid

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

What answers to the Meno Paradox Comes in the moment of realizing — Gathering together the building blocks Is just the beginning of the building.

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Oracles

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

Computing, in its way, and science, in its broader way, both involve the relation between what appears limited and what appears not. Whether you believe in divinity or not, and whether you believe that humanity contains a spark of divinity … Continue reading →

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Quotiens?

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

How many times do I repeat the same experience? Before I come to see it as the same experience?

Posted in Algorithms, Anamnesis, Arithmetic, Deja Vu, Education, Epistemology, Eternal Return, Inquiry, Learning, Meno, Music, Pattern Recognition, Plato, Poetry, Recursion, Repetition, Rhythm, Teaching | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments