[Inquiry] Re: Peirce's Logic Of Information

[Jon Awbrey]

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PLOI.  Note 3

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It's not just the genesis but the genius of inquiry that it begins in a muddle,
that is to say, a muddled sort of experiential situation where the experiencer
thereof may have a vague sense that this moment of experience has that mark of
quality and this other moment of experience has that other mark of quality but
can hardly say with any degree of certainty anything more than that.  So let's
define a "muddle" as a situation that can be represented in the following sort
of bigraph model:

` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` `
` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` `q_1` `q_2` `q_3` `q_4` `q_5` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` `
` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` o ` ` o ` ` o ` ` o ` ` o ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` `
` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` `\` ` |\` `/|\` `/| ` `/` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` `
` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` \ ` | \ / | \ / | ` / ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` `
` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` `\` | `\` | `\` | `/` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` `
` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` \ | / \ | / \ | / ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` `
` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` `\|/` `\|/` `\|/` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` `
` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` o ` ` o ` ` o ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` `
` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` `m_1` `m_2` `m_3` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` `
` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` `
` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` `

For concreteness, I have illustrated a muddle where
the moment m_1 has the qualities q_1, q_2, q_3, and
the moment m_2 has the qualities q_2, q_3, q_4, and
the moment m_3 has the qualities q_3, q_4, q_5, but
arbitrary muddles can be far more muddled than that
and yet fall within the bounds of the bigraph model.

We have in fact returned to a sort of situation that precurses
the constellation of the light-cone picture that I drew before:

` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` `
` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` o.......o ` ` Properties` ` ` ` ` `
` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` `\` ` `/` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` `
` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` \ ` / ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` `
` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` `\`/` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` `
` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` O ` ` ` ` Object` ` ` ` ` ` ` `
` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` `/`\` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` `
` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` / ` \ ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` `
` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` `/` ` `\` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` `
` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` o.......o ` ` Instances ` ` ` ` ` `
` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` `

The progression from the muddle of experience to the spindle of necessity
begins with a step of abductive reasoning or hypothesis formation, a step
that integrates the manifold of sensuous impressions by factoring it over
the medium of unitary concepts.

To be continuous ...

Jon Awbrey

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