Tag Archives: Intelligent Systems

Survey of Inquiry Driven Systems • 1

Posted on May 14, 2015 by Jon Awbrey

This is a Survey of blog and wiki posts on Inquiry Driven Systems, material I plan to refine toward a more compact and systematic treatment of the subject. An inquiry driven system is a system having among its state variables … 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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Theme One • A Program Of Inquiry 4

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Next Polymath Project • What, When, Where? Here’s a bit of data on the Theme One Program I worked on all through the 1980s.  My aim was to develop fundamental algorithms and data structures to support an integrated learning … Continue reading →

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Ask Meno Questions • Code Meno Code

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

Adapted from Prospects for Inquiry Driven Systems The Trees, The Forest A sticking point of the whole discussion has just been reached. In the idyllic setting of a knowledge field the question of systematic inquiry takes on the following form: … Continue reading →

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Plato’s Puppet Returns

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Peter Cameron • Discovery and Invention Between the discovery and the invention, Falls the Shadow, who knows, you know, By tracking backward, retracing the steps Of the tourist, who comes not to conquer, But to enjoy the winding stair … Continue reading →

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Theme One • A Program Of Inquiry 3

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Peirce List • Gary Richmond The program I wrote for my M.A. in Psych was barely a prototype, a “test of concept”, as they say, but I continued to develop and apply the underlying collection of ideas to a number … Continue reading →

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Constraints and Indications • 1

Posted on December 23, 2012 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Peirce List • Christophe Menant • Jon Awbrey • Christophe Menant The system-theoretic concept of constraint is one that unifies a manifold of other notions — definition, determination, habit, information, law, predicate, regularity, and so on.  Indeed, it is … Continue reading →

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Theme One • A Program Of Inquiry 2

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Peirce List • Jerry Chandler I think I was probably the first person in that particular psychology department to submit a program as a master’s thesis, at any rate they didn’t have regular procedures set up for that kind … Continue reading →

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Theme One • A Program Of Inquiry 1

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Peirce List • Jerry Chandler • Jon Awbrey • Gary Richmond • Christophe Menant I view psychology, throughout its many branches, as a fascinating and compelling collection of subjects, so much so I spent one of my parallel lives … Continue reading →

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Demonstrative And Otherwise

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Jon Awbrey

I am constantly encountering what I perceive as echoes of Peircean themes in places where acquaintance with or interest in Peirce’s work is slight at best, and that leaves me with a lot of pent up thoughts that I’ve learned through … Continue reading →

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