[Inquiry] Re: Blocks On The Road Of Inquiry -- Discussion

[Jon Awbrey]

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BOTROI.  Discussion Note 3

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Tom,

Further thoughts on middle terms as "conceptual glue".
I think I used to call this "hypostatic electricity".

Consider a classical figure,
where Y is the middle term:

o-----------------------------o
|                             |
|          Z                  |
|          o                  |
|          |\                 |
|          | \                |
|          |  \               |
|          |   \              |
|          |    \  Rule       |
|          |     \            |
|          |      \           |
|          | A   > \          |
|          |  \ /   \         |
|    Fact  | <-o-D   o Y      |
|          |  / \   /         |
|          | I   > /          |
|          |      /           |
|          |     /            |
|          |    /  Case       |
|          |   /              |
|          |  /               |
|          | /                |
|          |/                 |
|          o                  |
|          X                  |
|                             |
o-----------------------------o

If middle terms were all that bound facts,
then their bindings would decompose into
composites of 2-adic implications.

So there must be a higher valence bond.

Jon Awbrey

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