Tag Archives: Semiotics

Semiotic Theory Of Information • 2

Posted on October 11, 2014 by Jon Awbrey

2014 Oct 06 Some portions of a paper Susan Awbrey and I presented at a Society for Applied Learning Technology conference in 1990 may be relevant at this juncture. Exploring Research Data Interactively • Theme One • A Program of … Continue reading →

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Semiotic Theory Of Information • 1

Posted on October 10, 2014 by Jon Awbrey

2014 Oct 06 On the subject of Peirce’s laws of information — or the semiotic theory of information — here are a few links that come to mind for possible future reference: Semiotic Information Information = Comprehension × Extension And … Continue reading →

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C.S. Peirce • Syllabus • Selection 2

Posted on October 4, 2014 by Jon Awbrey

But round about the castle there began to grow a hedge of thorns, which every year became higher, and at last grew close up round the castle and all over it, so that there was nothing of it to be … Continue reading →

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Consequences of Triadic Relation Irreducibility • 2

Posted on September 14, 2014 by Jon Awbrey

From time to time I come to the realization that there are ways of reading Peirce that make no sense to me.  When I stop to think about the potential sources of that evident divergence from common sense, the first … Continue reading →

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Consequences of Triadic Relation Irreducibility • 1

Posted on September 13, 2014 by Jon Awbrey

2014 Sep 10 I will have to be out of the loop for some days, but this post will give me a peg on which I can hang a few thoughts via mobile device that have been tugging at the … Continue reading →

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Skiourosemiosis • 1

Posted on September 5, 2014 by Jon Awbrey

The resultant metaphysical problem now is this:Does the man go round the squirrel or not? — William James • Pragmatism ☞ Differential Analysis of Propositions and Transformations

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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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Peirce’s 1870 “Logic of Relatives” • Selection 7

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Jon Awbrey

We continue with §3. Application of the Algebraic Signs to Logic. Peirce’s 1870 “Logic of Relatives” • Selection 7 The Signs for Multiplication (cont.) The associative principle does not hold in this counting of factors.  Because it does not hold, … Continue reading →

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Peirce’s 1870 “Logic of Relatives” • Sets as Sums

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Jon Awbrey

Peirce’s 1870 “Logic of Relatives” • Sets as Sums Peirce’s way of representing sets as logical sums may seem arcane, but it’s quite often used in mathematics and remains the tool of choice in many branches of algebra, combinatorics, computing, … Continue reading →

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Peirce’s 1870 “Logic of Relatives” • Selection 6

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Jon Awbrey

We continue with §3. Application of the Algebraic Signs to Logic. Peirce’s 1870 “Logic of Relatives” • Selection 6 The application of a relation is one of the most basic operations in Peirce’s logic.  Because relation applications are so pervasive … Continue reading →

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