Tag Archives: Inquiry

¿Shifting Paradigms? • 1

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Dana Scott • Shifting Paradigms? 2014 Jul 28 This is very interesting to me, but not all my posts make it to the list, so I will spend a few days reflecting on it and post a comment on … Continue reading →

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Doubt, Uncertainty, Dispersion, Entropy • 2

Posted on July 5, 2014 by Jon Awbrey

Re: John Baez • Entropy and Information in Biological Systems To develop the concept of evolutionary games as “learning” processes in which information is gained over time. A fund of ideas toward that end can be found in the work … Continue reading →

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Doubt, Uncertainty, Dispersion, Entropy • 1

Posted on July 1, 2014 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Peirce List • Stephen Rose Just a note to anchor a series of recurring thoughts that come to mind in relation to a Peirce List discussion of entropy etc., but I won’t have much to say on the bio-chemico-physico-thermo-dynamic … Continue reading →

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Icon, Likeness, Likely Story, Likelihood, Probability • 3

Posted on December 12, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Peirce List • Phyllis Chiasson A more complete excerpt and the translator’s notes are very helpful here. A probability (εικος) is not the same as a sign (σηµειον).  The former is a generally accepted premiss ;  for that which people … Continue reading →

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Icon, Likeness, Likely Story, Likelihood, Probability • 2

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Peirce List • Phyllis Chiasson I’m still a bit fuzzy on how Aristotle’s account relates to Peirce’s usage, though I’m pretty sure Peirce must have taken Aristotle’s usage into account, but it does seem that Aristotle drew some sort … Continue reading →

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Icon, Likeness, Likely Story, Likelihood, Probability • 1

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Peirce List • Benjamin Udell • Michael Shapiro Here’s a likely locus classicus for “icon” in its logical sense — A probability (εικος) is not the same as a sign (σηµειον).  The former is a generally accepted premiss;  for … Continue reading →

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Objects, Models, Theories : 4

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

I need to stay with this problem a while … What are objects, models, theories, and how do they relate to one another? In contemplating this problem I always find it helpful to ruminate on the diagram shown above — … Continue reading →

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Objects, Models, Theories : 3

Posted on November 21, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Peirce List Discussion • Tom Gollier Here my task is to build bridges between several different classical and contemporary uses of the word model, so I don’t have the luxury of complete control over the words in play but … Continue reading →

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Objects, Models, Theories : 2

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

Re: K.W. Regan • The Graph Of Math Re: Artem Kaznatcheev • Three Types Of Mathematical Models What — if anything — is the common sense that connects the different senses of the word model, as it has been used … Continue reading →

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Peircean Semiotics and Triadic Sign Relations • 3

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

Having labored mightily to bring out a new edition of my article on sign relations, including material on the pivotal concept of semiotic equivalence relations which had fallen into obscurity elsewhere, I thought it worth the candle to post a … Continue reading →

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