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  1. Objects, Models, Theories • 4
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2026/09

    What are objects, models, theories, and how do they relate to one another?

    Recurring questions about the relationship between objects, models, and theories take on a different aspect when viewed from the perspective of Peirce's pragmatic semiotic, in other words, when cast within a framework of triadic sign relations.

    In contemplating the array of questions which come to mind I always find it helpful to ruminate on the diagram shown below — I might even call it a “mandala” for its wealth of symbolic features and its aid in organizing the pro‑&‑con‑fusion of mental impressions.

    Aristotle's “Paradigm”
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/wp-cont

    Here is the corresponding text from Aristotle and the context that leads on to Peirce's viewpoint.

    Aristotle's “Paradigm” • Reasoning by Analogy or Example
    oeis.org/wiki/Functional_Logic

    Resources —

    Functional Logic • Inquiry and Analogy
    oeis.org/wiki/Functional_Logic

    Survey of Abduction, Deduction, Induction, Analogy, Inquiry
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2025/05

    #Peirce #Logic #Mathematics #Semiotics #Inference #Inquiry #InformationTheory
    #Abduction #Deduction #Induction #MathematicalModels #ModelTheory #MentalModels
    #Analogy #AdaptiveSystems #InquiryDrivenSystems #LearningTheory #TriadicRelations

  2. Objects, Models, Theories • 4
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2026/09

    What are objects, models, theories, and how do they relate to one another?

    Recurring questions about the relationship between objects, models, and theories take on a different aspect when viewed from the perspective of Peirce's pragmatic semiotic, in other words, when cast within a framework of triadic sign relations.

    In contemplating the array of questions which come to mind I always find it helpful to ruminate on the diagram shown below — I might even call it a “mandala” for its wealth of symbolic features and its aid in organizing the pro‑&‑con‑fusion of mental impressions.

    Aristotle's “Paradigm”
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/wp-cont

    Here is the corresponding text from Aristotle and the context that leads on to Peirce's viewpoint.

    Aristotle's “Paradigm” • Reasoning by Analogy or Example
    oeis.org/wiki/Functional_Logic

    Resources —

    Functional Logic • Inquiry and Analogy
    oeis.org/wiki/Functional_Logic

    Survey of Abduction, Deduction, Induction, Analogy, Inquiry
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2025/05

    #Peirce #Logic #Mathematics #Semiotics #Inference #Inquiry #InformationTheory
    #Abduction #Deduction #Induction #MathematicalModels #ModelTheory #MentalModels
    #Analogy #AdaptiveSystems #InquiryDrivenSystems #LearningTheory #TriadicRelations

  3. Objects, Models, Theories • 4
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2026/09

    What are objects, models, theories, and how do they relate to one another?

    Recurring questions about the relationship between objects, models, and theories take on a different aspect when viewed from the perspective of Peirce's pragmatic semiotic, in other words, when cast within a framework of triadic sign relations.

    In contemplating the array of questions which come to mind I always find it helpful to ruminate on the diagram shown below — I might even call it a “mandala” for its wealth of symbolic features and its aid in organizing the pro‑&‑con‑fusion of mental impressions.

    Aristotle's “Paradigm”
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/wp-cont

    Here is the corresponding text from Aristotle and the context that leads on to Peirce's viewpoint.

    Aristotle's “Paradigm” • Reasoning by Analogy or Example
    oeis.org/wiki/Functional_Logic

    Resources —

    Functional Logic • Inquiry and Analogy
    oeis.org/wiki/Functional_Logic

    Survey of Abduction, Deduction, Induction, Analogy, Inquiry
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2025/05

    #Peirce #Logic #Mathematics #Semiotics #Inference #Inquiry #InformationTheory
    #Abduction #Deduction #Induction #MathematicalModels #ModelTheory #MentalModels
    #Analogy #AdaptiveSystems #InquiryDrivenSystems #LearningTheory #TriadicRelations

  4. Objects, Models, Theories • 4
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2026/09

    What are objects, models, theories, and how do they relate to one another?

    Recurring questions about the relationship between objects, models, and theories take on a different aspect when viewed from the perspective of Peirce's pragmatic semiotic, in other words, when cast within a framework of triadic sign relations.

    In contemplating the array of questions which come to mind I always find it helpful to ruminate on the diagram shown below — I might even call it a “mandala” for its wealth of symbolic features and its aid in organizing the pro‑&‑con‑fusion of mental impressions.

    Aristotle's “Paradigm”
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/wp-cont

    Here is the corresponding text from Aristotle and the context that leads on to Peirce's viewpoint.

    Aristotle's “Paradigm” • Reasoning by Analogy or Example
    oeis.org/wiki/Functional_Logic

    Resources —

    Functional Logic • Inquiry and Analogy
    oeis.org/wiki/Functional_Logic

    Survey of Abduction, Deduction, Induction, Analogy, Inquiry
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2025/05

    #Peirce #Logic #Mathematics #Semiotics #Inference #Inquiry #InformationTheory
    #Abduction #Deduction #Induction #MathematicalModels #ModelTheory #MentalModels
    #Analogy #AdaptiveSystems #InquiryDrivenSystems #LearningTheory #TriadicRelations

  5. Objects, Models, Theories • 4
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2026/09

    What are objects, models, theories, and how do they relate to one another?

    Recurring questions about the relationship between objects, models, and theories take on a different aspect when viewed from the perspective of Peirce's pragmatic semiotic, in other words, when cast within a framework of triadic sign relations.

    In contemplating the array of questions which come to mind I always find it helpful to ruminate on the diagram shown below — I might even call it a “mandala” for its wealth of symbolic features and its aid in organizing the pro‑&‑con‑fusion of mental impressions.

    Aristotle's “Paradigm”
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/wp-cont

    Here is the corresponding text from Aristotle and the context that leads on to Peirce's viewpoint.

    Aristotle's “Paradigm” • Reasoning by Analogy or Example
    oeis.org/wiki/Functional_Logic

    Resources —

    Functional Logic • Inquiry and Analogy
    oeis.org/wiki/Functional_Logic

    Survey of Abduction, Deduction, Induction, Analogy, Inquiry
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2025/05

    #Peirce #Logic #Mathematics #Semiotics #Inference #Inquiry #InformationTheory
    #Abduction #Deduction #Induction #MathematicalModels #ModelTheory #MentalModels
    #Analogy #AdaptiveSystems #InquiryDrivenSystems #LearningTheory #TriadicRelations