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  1. Logical Graphs • Formal Development 1
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/09

    Recap —

    A first approach to logical graphs was outlined in the article linked below.

    Logical Graphs • First Impressions
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/08

    That introduced the initial elements of logical graphs and hopefully supplied the reader with an intuitive sense of their motivation and rationale.

    Formal Development —

    Logical graphs are next presented as a formal system by going back to the initial elements and developing their consequences in a systematic manner.

    The next order of business is to give the precise axioms used to develop the formal system of logical graphs. The axioms derive from C.S. Peirce's various systems of graphical syntax via the “calculus of indications” described in Spencer Brown's “Laws of Form”. The formal proofs to follow will use a variation of Spencer Brown's annotation scheme to mark each step of the proof according to which axiom is called to license the corresponding step of syntactic transformation, whether it applies to graphs or to strings.

    Resources —

    Survey of Animated Logical Graphs
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/03

    #Peirce #Logic #LogicalGraphs #EntitativeGraphs #ExistentialGraphs
    #SpencerBrown #LawsOfForm #BooleanFunctions #PropositionalCalculus

  2. Logical Graphs • Formal Development 1
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/09

    Recap —

    A first approach to logical graphs was outlined in the article linked below.

    Logical Graphs • First Impressions
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/08

    That introduced the initial elements of logical graphs and hopefully supplied the reader with an intuitive sense of their motivation and rationale.

    Formal Development —

    Logical graphs are next presented as a formal system by going back to the initial elements and developing their consequences in a systematic manner.

    The next order of business is to give the precise axioms used to develop the formal system of logical graphs. The axioms derive from C.S. Peirce's various systems of graphical syntax via the “calculus of indications” described in Spencer Brown's “Laws of Form”. The formal proofs to follow will use a variation of Spencer Brown's annotation scheme to mark each step of the proof according to which axiom is called to license the corresponding step of syntactic transformation, whether it applies to graphs or to strings.

    Resources —

    Survey of Animated Logical Graphs
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/03

    #Peirce #Logic #LogicalGraphs #EntitativeGraphs #ExistentialGraphs
    #SpencerBrown #LawsOfForm #BooleanFunctions #PropositionalCalculus

  3. Logical Graphs • Formal Development 1
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/09

    Recap —

    A first approach to logical graphs was outlined in the article linked below.

    Logical Graphs • First Impressions
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/08

    That introduced the initial elements of logical graphs and hopefully supplied the reader with an intuitive sense of their motivation and rationale.

    Formal Development —

    Logical graphs are next presented as a formal system by going back to the initial elements and developing their consequences in a systematic manner.

    The next order of business is to give the precise axioms used to develop the formal system of logical graphs. The axioms derive from C.S. Peirce's various systems of graphical syntax via the “calculus of indications” described in Spencer Brown's “Laws of Form”. The formal proofs to follow will use a variation of Spencer Brown's annotation scheme to mark each step of the proof according to which axiom is called to license the corresponding step of syntactic transformation, whether it applies to graphs or to strings.

    Resources —

    Survey of Animated Logical Graphs
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/03

    #Peirce #Logic #LogicalGraphs #EntitativeGraphs #ExistentialGraphs
    #SpencerBrown #LawsOfForm #BooleanFunctions #PropositionalCalculus

  4. Logical Graphs • Formal Development 1
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/09

    Recap —

    A first approach to logical graphs was outlined in the article linked below.

    Logical Graphs • First Impressions
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/08

    That introduced the initial elements of logical graphs and hopefully supplied the reader with an intuitive sense of their motivation and rationale.

    Formal Development —

    Logical graphs are next presented as a formal system by going back to the initial elements and developing their consequences in a systematic manner.

    The next order of business is to give the precise axioms used to develop the formal system of logical graphs. The axioms derive from C.S. Peirce's various systems of graphical syntax via the “calculus of indications” described in Spencer Brown's “Laws of Form”. The formal proofs to follow will use a variation of Spencer Brown's annotation scheme to mark each step of the proof according to which axiom is called to license the corresponding step of syntactic transformation, whether it applies to graphs or to strings.

    Resources —

    Survey of Animated Logical Graphs
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/03

    #Peirce #Logic #LogicalGraphs #EntitativeGraphs #ExistentialGraphs
    #SpencerBrown #LawsOfForm #BooleanFunctions #PropositionalCalculus

  5. Logical Graphs • Formal Development 1
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/09

    Recap —

    A first approach to logical graphs was outlined in the article linked below.

    Logical Graphs • First Impressions
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/08

    That introduced the initial elements of logical graphs and hopefully supplied the reader with an intuitive sense of their motivation and rationale.

    Formal Development —

    Logical graphs are next presented as a formal system by going back to the initial elements and developing their consequences in a systematic manner.

    The next order of business is to give the precise axioms used to develop the formal system of logical graphs. The axioms derive from C.S. Peirce's various systems of graphical syntax via the “calculus of indications” described in Spencer Brown's “Laws of Form”. The formal proofs to follow will use a variation of Spencer Brown's annotation scheme to mark each step of the proof according to which axiom is called to license the corresponding step of syntactic transformation, whether it applies to graphs or to strings.

    Resources —

    Survey of Animated Logical Graphs
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/03

    #Peirce #Logic #LogicalGraphs #EntitativeGraphs #ExistentialGraphs
    #SpencerBrown #LawsOfForm #BooleanFunctions #PropositionalCalculus

  6. Logical Graphs • First Impressions 1
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/08

    Moving Pictures of Thought —

    A logical graph is a graph‑theoretic structure in one of the systems of graphical syntax Charles S. Peirce developed for logic.

    Introduction —

    In numerous papers on qualitative logic, entitative graphs, and existential graphs, C.S. Peirce developed several versions of a graphical formalism, or a graph‑theoretic formal language, designed to be interpreted for logic.

    In the century since Peirce initiated their line of development, a variety of formal systems have branched out from what is abstractly the same formal base of graph‑theoretic structures. The posts to follow explore the common basis of those formal systems from a bird's eye view, focusing on the aspects of form shared by the entire family of algebras, calculi, or languages, however they happen to be viewed in a given application.

    Resources —

    Logical Graphs
    oeis.org/wiki/Logical_Graphs

    Futures Of Logical Graphs
    oeis.org/wiki/Futures_Of_Logic

    Propositional Equation Reasoning Systems
    oeis.org/wiki/Propositional_Eq

    Charles Sanders Peirce • Bibliography
    mywikibiz.com/Charles_Sanders_
    mywikibiz.com/Charles_Sanders_

    #Peirce #Logic #LogicalGraphs #EntitativeGraphs #ExistentialGraphs
    #SpencerBrown #LawsOfForm #BooleanFunctions #PropositionalCalculus

  7. Logical Graphs • First Impressions 1
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/08

    Moving Pictures of Thought —

    A logical graph is a graph‑theoretic structure in one of the systems of graphical syntax Charles S. Peirce developed for logic.

    Introduction —

    In numerous papers on qualitative logic, entitative graphs, and existential graphs, C.S. Peirce developed several versions of a graphical formalism, or a graph‑theoretic formal language, designed to be interpreted for logic.

    In the century since Peirce initiated their line of development, a variety of formal systems have branched out from what is abstractly the same formal base of graph‑theoretic structures. The posts to follow explore the common basis of those formal systems from a bird's eye view, focusing on the aspects of form shared by the entire family of algebras, calculi, or languages, however they happen to be viewed in a given application.

    Resources —

    Logical Graphs
    oeis.org/wiki/Logical_Graphs

    Futures Of Logical Graphs
    oeis.org/wiki/Futures_Of_Logic

    Propositional Equation Reasoning Systems
    oeis.org/wiki/Propositional_Eq

    Charles Sanders Peirce • Bibliography
    mywikibiz.com/Charles_Sanders_
    mywikibiz.com/Charles_Sanders_

    #Peirce #Logic #LogicalGraphs #EntitativeGraphs #ExistentialGraphs
    #SpencerBrown #LawsOfForm #BooleanFunctions #PropositionalCalculus

  8. Logical Graphs • First Impressions 1
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/08

    Moving Pictures of Thought —

    A logical graph is a graph‑theoretic structure in one of the systems of graphical syntax Charles S. Peirce developed for logic.

    Introduction —

    In numerous papers on qualitative logic, entitative graphs, and existential graphs, C.S. Peirce developed several versions of a graphical formalism, or a graph‑theoretic formal language, designed to be interpreted for logic.

    In the century since Peirce initiated their line of development, a variety of formal systems have branched out from what is abstractly the same formal base of graph‑theoretic structures. The posts to follow explore the common basis of those formal systems from a bird's eye view, focusing on the aspects of form shared by the entire family of algebras, calculi, or languages, however they happen to be viewed in a given application.

    Resources —

    Logical Graphs
    oeis.org/wiki/Logical_Graphs

    Futures Of Logical Graphs
    oeis.org/wiki/Futures_Of_Logic

    Propositional Equation Reasoning Systems
    oeis.org/wiki/Propositional_Eq

    Charles Sanders Peirce • Bibliography
    mywikibiz.com/Charles_Sanders_
    mywikibiz.com/Charles_Sanders_

    #Peirce #Logic #LogicalGraphs #EntitativeGraphs #ExistentialGraphs
    #SpencerBrown #LawsOfForm #BooleanFunctions #PropositionalCalculus

  9. Logical Graphs • First Impressions 1
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/08

    Moving Pictures of Thought —

    A logical graph is a graph‑theoretic structure in one of the systems of graphical syntax Charles S. Peirce developed for logic.

    Introduction —

    In numerous papers on qualitative logic, entitative graphs, and existential graphs, C.S. Peirce developed several versions of a graphical formalism, or a graph‑theoretic formal language, designed to be interpreted for logic.

    In the century since Peirce initiated their line of development, a variety of formal systems have branched out from what is abstractly the same formal base of graph‑theoretic structures. The posts to follow explore the common basis of those formal systems from a bird's eye view, focusing on the aspects of form shared by the entire family of algebras, calculi, or languages, however they happen to be viewed in a given application.

    Resources —

    Logical Graphs
    oeis.org/wiki/Logical_Graphs

    Futures Of Logical Graphs
    oeis.org/wiki/Futures_Of_Logic

    Propositional Equation Reasoning Systems
    oeis.org/wiki/Propositional_Eq

    Charles Sanders Peirce • Bibliography
    mywikibiz.com/Charles_Sanders_
    mywikibiz.com/Charles_Sanders_

    #Peirce #Logic #LogicalGraphs #EntitativeGraphs #ExistentialGraphs
    #SpencerBrown #LawsOfForm #BooleanFunctions #PropositionalCalculus

  10. Logical Graphs • First Impressions 1
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/08

    Moving Pictures of Thought —

    A logical graph is a graph‑theoretic structure in one of the systems of graphical syntax Charles S. Peirce developed for logic.

    Introduction —

    In numerous papers on qualitative logic, entitative graphs, and existential graphs, C.S. Peirce developed several versions of a graphical formalism, or a graph‑theoretic formal language, designed to be interpreted for logic.

    In the century since Peirce initiated their line of development, a variety of formal systems have branched out from what is abstractly the same formal base of graph‑theoretic structures. The posts to follow explore the common basis of those formal systems from a bird's eye view, focusing on the aspects of form shared by the entire family of algebras, calculi, or languages, however they happen to be viewed in a given application.

    Resources —

    Logical Graphs
    oeis.org/wiki/Logical_Graphs

    Futures Of Logical Graphs
    oeis.org/wiki/Futures_Of_Logic

    Propositional Equation Reasoning Systems
    oeis.org/wiki/Propositional_Eq

    Charles Sanders Peirce • Bibliography
    mywikibiz.com/Charles_Sanders_
    mywikibiz.com/Charles_Sanders_

    #Peirce #Logic #LogicalGraphs #EntitativeGraphs #ExistentialGraphs
    #SpencerBrown #LawsOfForm #BooleanFunctions #PropositionalCalculus

  11. Transformations of Logical Graphs • Discussion 1
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/05

    Re: Laws of Form
    groups.io/g/lawsofform/topic/t

    Mauro Bertani
    groups.io/g/lawsofform/message

    Dear Mauro,

    The couple of pages linked below give the clearest and quickest introduction I've been able to manage so far when it comes to the elements of logical graphs, at least, in the way I've come to understand them. The first page gives a lot of detail by way of motivation and computational implementation, so you could easily put that off till you feel a need for it. The second page lays out the precise axioms or initials I use — the first algebraic axiom varies a bit from Spencer Brown for a better fit with C.S. Peirce — and also shows the parallels between the dual interpretations.

    Logical Graphs • First Impressions
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2023/08

    Logical Graphs • Formal Development
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2023/09

    Additional Resources —

    Logic Syllabus
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/logic-s

    Survey of Animated Logical Graphs
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/03

    Survey of Semiotics, Semiosis, Sign Relations
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/01

    #Peirce #Logic #LogicalGraphs #EntitativeGraphs #ExistentialGraphs
    #SpencerBrown #LawsOfForm #BooleanFunctions #PropositionalCalculus
    #CactusSyntax #MinimalNegationOperators #MathematicalDuality #Form

  12. Transformations of Logical Graphs • Discussion 1
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/05

    Re: Laws of Form
    groups.io/g/lawsofform/topic/t

    Mauro Bertani
    groups.io/g/lawsofform/message

    Dear Mauro,

    The couple of pages linked below give the clearest and quickest introduction I've been able to manage so far when it comes to the elements of logical graphs, at least, in the way I've come to understand them. The first page gives a lot of detail by way of motivation and computational implementation, so you could easily put that off till you feel a need for it. The second page lays out the precise axioms or initials I use — the first algebraic axiom varies a bit from Spencer Brown for a better fit with C.S. Peirce — and also shows the parallels between the dual interpretations.

    Logical Graphs • First Impressions
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2023/08

    Logical Graphs • Formal Development
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2023/09

    Additional Resources —

    Logic Syllabus
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/logic-s

    Survey of Animated Logical Graphs
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/03

    Survey of Semiotics, Semiosis, Sign Relations
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/01

    #Peirce #Logic #LogicalGraphs #EntitativeGraphs #ExistentialGraphs
    #SpencerBrown #LawsOfForm #BooleanFunctions #PropositionalCalculus
    #CactusSyntax #MinimalNegationOperators #MathematicalDuality #Form

  13. Transformations of Logical Graphs • Discussion 1
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/05

    Re: Laws of Form
    groups.io/g/lawsofform/topic/t

    Mauro Bertani
    groups.io/g/lawsofform/message

    Dear Mauro,

    The couple of pages linked below give the clearest and quickest introduction I've been able to manage so far when it comes to the elements of logical graphs, at least, in the way I've come to understand them. The first page gives a lot of detail by way of motivation and computational implementation, so you could easily put that off till you feel a need for it. The second page lays out the precise axioms or initials I use — the first algebraic axiom varies a bit from Spencer Brown for a better fit with C.S. Peirce — and also shows the parallels between the dual interpretations.

    Logical Graphs • First Impressions
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2023/08

    Logical Graphs • Formal Development
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2023/09

    Additional Resources —

    Logic Syllabus
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/logic-s

    Survey of Animated Logical Graphs
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/03

    Survey of Semiotics, Semiosis, Sign Relations
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/01

    #Peirce #Logic #LogicalGraphs #EntitativeGraphs #ExistentialGraphs
    #SpencerBrown #LawsOfForm #BooleanFunctions #PropositionalCalculus
    #CactusSyntax #MinimalNegationOperators #MathematicalDuality #Form

  14. Transformations of Logical Graphs • Discussion 1
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/05

    Re: Laws of Form
    groups.io/g/lawsofform/topic/t

    Mauro Bertani
    groups.io/g/lawsofform/message

    Dear Mauro,

    The couple of pages linked below give the clearest and quickest introduction I've been able to manage so far when it comes to the elements of logical graphs, at least, in the way I've come to understand them. The first page gives a lot of detail by way of motivation and computational implementation, so you could easily put that off till you feel a need for it. The second page lays out the precise axioms or initials I use — the first algebraic axiom varies a bit from Spencer Brown for a better fit with C.S. Peirce — and also shows the parallels between the dual interpretations.

    Logical Graphs • First Impressions
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2023/08

    Logical Graphs • Formal Development
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2023/09

    Additional Resources —

    Logic Syllabus
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/logic-s

    Survey of Animated Logical Graphs
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/03

    Survey of Semiotics, Semiosis, Sign Relations
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/01

    #Peirce #Logic #LogicalGraphs #EntitativeGraphs #ExistentialGraphs
    #SpencerBrown #LawsOfForm #BooleanFunctions #PropositionalCalculus
    #CactusSyntax #MinimalNegationOperators #MathematicalDuality #Form

  15. Transformations of Logical Graphs • Discussion 1
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/05

    Re: Laws of Form
    groups.io/g/lawsofform/topic/t

    Mauro Bertani
    groups.io/g/lawsofform/message

    Dear Mauro,

    The couple of pages linked below give the clearest and quickest introduction I've been able to manage so far when it comes to the elements of logical graphs, at least, in the way I've come to understand them. The first page gives a lot of detail by way of motivation and computational implementation, so you could easily put that off till you feel a need for it. The second page lays out the precise axioms or initials I use — the first algebraic axiom varies a bit from Spencer Brown for a better fit with C.S. Peirce — and also shows the parallels between the dual interpretations.

    Logical Graphs • First Impressions
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2023/08

    Logical Graphs • Formal Development
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2023/09

    Additional Resources —

    Logic Syllabus
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/logic-s

    Survey of Animated Logical Graphs
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/03

    Survey of Semiotics, Semiosis, Sign Relations
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/01

    #Peirce #Logic #LogicalGraphs #EntitativeGraphs #ExistentialGraphs
    #SpencerBrown #LawsOfForm #BooleanFunctions #PropositionalCalculus
    #CactusSyntax #MinimalNegationOperators #MathematicalDuality #Form

  16. Mathematical Duality in Logical Graphs • Discussion 1
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/05

    Re: Mathematical Duality in Logical Graphs • 1
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/05

    Re: Laws of Form • Lyle Anderson
    groups.io/g/lawsofform/message

    Re: Brading, K., Castellani, E., and Teh, N., (2017), “Symmetry and Symmetry Breaking”, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2017), Edward N. Zalta (ed.).
    plato.stanford.edu/archives/wi

    Dear Lyle,

    Thanks for the link to the article on symmetry and symmetry breaking. I did once take a Master's in Mathematics, specializing in combinatorics, graph theory, and group theory. When it comes to the bearing of symmetry groups on logical graphs and the calculus of indications, it will take careful attention to the details of the relationship between the two interpretations singled out by Peirce and Spencer Brown.

    Both Peirce and Spencer Brown recognized the relevant duality, if they differed in what they found most convenient to use in their development and exposition, and most of us will emphasize one interpretation or the other as a matter of facility or taste in a chosen application, so it requires a bit of effort to keep the underlying unity in focus. I recently made another try at taking a more balanced view, drawing up a series of tables in parallel columns the way one commonly does with dual theorems in projective geometry, so I will shortly share more of that work.

    Resources —

    Logic Syllabus
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/logic-s

    Logical Graphs • First Impressions
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2023/08

    Logical Graphs • Formal Development
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2023/09

    #Peirce #Logic #LogicalGraphs #EntitativeGraphs #ExistentialGraphs
    #SpencerBrown #LawsOfForm #BooleanFunctions #PropositionalCalculus

  17. Mathematical Duality in Logical Graphs • 1.2
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/05

    It was in this context that Peirce's systems of logical graphs developed, issuing in dual interpretations of the same formal axioms which Peirce referred to as “entitative graphs” and “existential graphs”, respectively. He developed only the existential interpretation to any great extent, since the extension from propositional to relational calculus appeared more natural in that case, but whether there is any logical or mathematical reason for the symmetry to break at that point is a good question for further research.

    Resources —

    Duality Indicating Unity
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2013/01

    C.S. Peirce • Logic of Number
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2012/09

    C.S. Peirce • Syllabus • Selection 1
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2014/08

    References —

    • Peirce, C.S., [Logic of Number — Le Fevre] (MS 229), in Carolyn Eisele (ed., 1976), The New Elements of Mathematics by Charles S. Peirce, vol. 2, 592–595.

    • Spencer Brown, G. (1969), Laws of Form, George Allen and Unwin, London, UK.

    #Peirce #Logic #LogicalGraphs #EntitativeGraphs #ExistentialGraphs
    #SpencerBrown #LawsOfForm #BooleanFunctions #PropositionalCalculus
    #CactusSyntax #MinimalNegationOperators #MathematicalDuality #Form

  18. Mathematical Duality in Logical Graphs • 1.2
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/05

    It was in this context that Peirce's systems of logical graphs developed, issuing in dual interpretations of the same formal axioms which Peirce referred to as “entitative graphs” and “existential graphs”, respectively. He developed only the existential interpretation to any great extent, since the extension from propositional to relational calculus appeared more natural in that case, but whether there is any logical or mathematical reason for the symmetry to break at that point is a good question for further research.

    Resources —

    Duality Indicating Unity
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2013/01

    C.S. Peirce • Logic of Number
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2012/09

    C.S. Peirce • Syllabus • Selection 1
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2014/08

    References —

    • Peirce, C.S., [Logic of Number — Le Fevre] (MS 229), in Carolyn Eisele (ed., 1976), The New Elements of Mathematics by Charles S. Peirce, vol. 2, 592–595.

    • Spencer Brown, G. (1969), Laws of Form, George Allen and Unwin, London, UK.

    #Peirce #Logic #LogicalGraphs #EntitativeGraphs #ExistentialGraphs
    #SpencerBrown #LawsOfForm #BooleanFunctions #PropositionalCalculus
    #CactusSyntax #MinimalNegationOperators #MathematicalDuality #Form

  19. Mathematical Duality in Logical Graphs • 1.2
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/05

    It was in this context that Peirce's systems of logical graphs developed, issuing in dual interpretations of the same formal axioms which Peirce referred to as “entitative graphs” and “existential graphs”, respectively. He developed only the existential interpretation to any great extent, since the extension from propositional to relational calculus appeared more natural in that case, but whether there is any logical or mathematical reason for the symmetry to break at that point is a good question for further research.

    Resources —

    Duality Indicating Unity
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2013/01

    C.S. Peirce • Logic of Number
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2012/09

    C.S. Peirce • Syllabus • Selection 1
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2014/08

    References —

    • Peirce, C.S., [Logic of Number — Le Fevre] (MS 229), in Carolyn Eisele (ed., 1976), The New Elements of Mathematics by Charles S. Peirce, vol. 2, 592–595.

    • Spencer Brown, G. (1969), Laws of Form, George Allen and Unwin, London, UK.

    #Peirce #Logic #LogicalGraphs #EntitativeGraphs #ExistentialGraphs
    #SpencerBrown #LawsOfForm #BooleanFunctions #PropositionalCalculus
    #CactusSyntax #MinimalNegationOperators #MathematicalDuality #Form

  20. Mathematical Duality in Logical Graphs • 1.2
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/05

    It was in this context that Peirce's systems of logical graphs developed, issuing in dual interpretations of the same formal axioms which Peirce referred to as “entitative graphs” and “existential graphs”, respectively. He developed only the existential interpretation to any great extent, since the extension from propositional to relational calculus appeared more natural in that case, but whether there is any logical or mathematical reason for the symmetry to break at that point is a good question for further research.

    Resources —

    Duality Indicating Unity
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2013/01

    C.S. Peirce • Logic of Number
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2012/09

    C.S. Peirce • Syllabus • Selection 1
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2014/08

    References —

    • Peirce, C.S., [Logic of Number — Le Fevre] (MS 229), in Carolyn Eisele (ed., 1976), The New Elements of Mathematics by Charles S. Peirce, vol. 2, 592–595.

    • Spencer Brown, G. (1969), Laws of Form, George Allen and Unwin, London, UK.

    #Peirce #Logic #LogicalGraphs #EntitativeGraphs #ExistentialGraphs
    #SpencerBrown #LawsOfForm #BooleanFunctions #PropositionalCalculus
    #CactusSyntax #MinimalNegationOperators #MathematicalDuality #Form

  21. Mathematical Duality in Logical Graphs • 1.2
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/05

    It was in this context that Peirce's systems of logical graphs developed, issuing in dual interpretations of the same formal axioms which Peirce referred to as “entitative graphs” and “existential graphs”, respectively. He developed only the existential interpretation to any great extent, since the extension from propositional to relational calculus appeared more natural in that case, but whether there is any logical or mathematical reason for the symmetry to break at that point is a good question for further research.

    Resources —

    Duality Indicating Unity
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2013/01

    C.S. Peirce • Logic of Number
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2012/09

    C.S. Peirce • Syllabus • Selection 1
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2014/08

    References —

    • Peirce, C.S., [Logic of Number — Le Fevre] (MS 229), in Carolyn Eisele (ed., 1976), The New Elements of Mathematics by Charles S. Peirce, vol. 2, 592–595.

    • Spencer Brown, G. (1969), Laws of Form, George Allen and Unwin, London, UK.

    #Peirce #Logic #LogicalGraphs #EntitativeGraphs #ExistentialGraphs
    #SpencerBrown #LawsOfForm #BooleanFunctions #PropositionalCalculus
    #CactusSyntax #MinimalNegationOperators #MathematicalDuality #Form

  22. Mathematical Duality in Logical Graphs • 1.1
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/05

    “All other sciences without exception depend upon the principles of mathematics; and mathematics borrows nothing from them but hints.”

    — C.S. Peirce • “Logic of Number”

    “A principal intention of this essay is to separate what are known as algebras of logic from the subject of logic, and to re‑align them with mathematics.”

    — G. Spencer Brown • “Laws of Form”

    The duality between entitative and existential interpretations of logical graphs tells us something important about the relation between logic and mathematics. It tells us the mathematical forms giving structure to reasoning are deeper and more abstract at once than their logical interpretations.

    A formal duality points to a more encompassing unity, founding a calculus of forms whose expressions can be read in alternate ways by switching the meanings assigned to a pair of primitive terms. Spencer Brown's mathematical approach to “Laws of Form” and the whole of Peirce's work on the mathematics of logic shows both thinkers were deeply aware of this principle.

    Peirce explored a variety of dualities in logic which he treated on analogy with the dualities in projective geometry. This gave rise to formal systems where the initial constants, and thus their geometric and graph‑theoretic representations, had no uniquely fixed meanings but could be given dual interpretations in logic.

    #Peirce #Logic #LogicalGraphs #EntitativeGraphs #ExistentialGraphs
    #SpencerBrown #LawsOfForm #BooleanFunctions #PropositionalCalculus
    #CactusSyntax #MinimalNegationOperators #MathematicalDuality #Form

  23. Mathematical Duality in Logical Graphs • 1.1
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/05

    “All other sciences without exception depend upon the principles of mathematics; and mathematics borrows nothing from them but hints.”

    — C.S. Peirce • “Logic of Number”

    “A principal intention of this essay is to separate what are known as algebras of logic from the subject of logic, and to re‑align them with mathematics.”

    — G. Spencer Brown • “Laws of Form”

    The duality between entitative and existential interpretations of logical graphs tells us something important about the relation between logic and mathematics. It tells us the mathematical forms giving structure to reasoning are deeper and more abstract at once than their logical interpretations.

    A formal duality points to a more encompassing unity, founding a calculus of forms whose expressions can be read in alternate ways by switching the meanings assigned to a pair of primitive terms. Spencer Brown's mathematical approach to “Laws of Form” and the whole of Peirce's work on the mathematics of logic shows both thinkers were deeply aware of this principle.

    Peirce explored a variety of dualities in logic which he treated on analogy with the dualities in projective geometry. This gave rise to formal systems where the initial constants, and thus their geometric and graph‑theoretic representations, had no uniquely fixed meanings but could be given dual interpretations in logic.

    #Peirce #Logic #LogicalGraphs #EntitativeGraphs #ExistentialGraphs
    #SpencerBrown #LawsOfForm #BooleanFunctions #PropositionalCalculus
    #CactusSyntax #MinimalNegationOperators #MathematicalDuality #Form

  24. Mathematical Duality in Logical Graphs • 1.1
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/05

    “All other sciences without exception depend upon the principles of mathematics; and mathematics borrows nothing from them but hints.”

    — C.S. Peirce • “Logic of Number”

    “A principal intention of this essay is to separate what are known as algebras of logic from the subject of logic, and to re‑align them with mathematics.”

    — G. Spencer Brown • “Laws of Form”

    The duality between entitative and existential interpretations of logical graphs tells us something important about the relation between logic and mathematics. It tells us the mathematical forms giving structure to reasoning are deeper and more abstract at once than their logical interpretations.

    A formal duality points to a more encompassing unity, founding a calculus of forms whose expressions can be read in alternate ways by switching the meanings assigned to a pair of primitive terms. Spencer Brown's mathematical approach to “Laws of Form” and the whole of Peirce's work on the mathematics of logic shows both thinkers were deeply aware of this principle.

    Peirce explored a variety of dualities in logic which he treated on analogy with the dualities in projective geometry. This gave rise to formal systems where the initial constants, and thus their geometric and graph‑theoretic representations, had no uniquely fixed meanings but could be given dual interpretations in logic.

    #Peirce #Logic #LogicalGraphs #EntitativeGraphs #ExistentialGraphs
    #SpencerBrown #LawsOfForm #BooleanFunctions #PropositionalCalculus
    #CactusSyntax #MinimalNegationOperators #MathematicalDuality #Form

  25. Mathematical Duality in Logical Graphs • 1.1
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/05

    “All other sciences without exception depend upon the principles of mathematics; and mathematics borrows nothing from them but hints.”

    — C.S. Peirce • “Logic of Number”

    “A principal intention of this essay is to separate what are known as algebras of logic from the subject of logic, and to re‑align them with mathematics.”

    — G. Spencer Brown • “Laws of Form”

    The duality between entitative and existential interpretations of logical graphs tells us something important about the relation between logic and mathematics. It tells us the mathematical forms giving structure to reasoning are deeper and more abstract at once than their logical interpretations.

    A formal duality points to a more encompassing unity, founding a calculus of forms whose expressions can be read in alternate ways by switching the meanings assigned to a pair of primitive terms. Spencer Brown's mathematical approach to “Laws of Form” and the whole of Peirce's work on the mathematics of logic shows both thinkers were deeply aware of this principle.

    Peirce explored a variety of dualities in logic which he treated on analogy with the dualities in projective geometry. This gave rise to formal systems where the initial constants, and thus their geometric and graph‑theoretic representations, had no uniquely fixed meanings but could be given dual interpretations in logic.

    #Peirce #Logic #LogicalGraphs #EntitativeGraphs #ExistentialGraphs
    #SpencerBrown #LawsOfForm #BooleanFunctions #PropositionalCalculus
    #CactusSyntax #MinimalNegationOperators #MathematicalDuality #Form

  26. Mathematical Duality in Logical Graphs • 1.1
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/05

    “All other sciences without exception depend upon the principles of mathematics; and mathematics borrows nothing from them but hints.”

    — C.S. Peirce • “Logic of Number”

    “A principal intention of this essay is to separate what are known as algebras of logic from the subject of logic, and to re‑align them with mathematics.”

    — G. Spencer Brown • “Laws of Form”

    The duality between entitative and existential interpretations of logical graphs tells us something important about the relation between logic and mathematics. It tells us the mathematical forms giving structure to reasoning are deeper and more abstract at once than their logical interpretations.

    A formal duality points to a more encompassing unity, founding a calculus of forms whose expressions can be read in alternate ways by switching the meanings assigned to a pair of primitive terms. Spencer Brown's mathematical approach to “Laws of Form” and the whole of Peirce's work on the mathematics of logic shows both thinkers were deeply aware of this principle.

    Peirce explored a variety of dualities in logic which he treated on analogy with the dualities in projective geometry. This gave rise to formal systems where the initial constants, and thus their geometric and graph‑theoretic representations, had no uniquely fixed meanings but could be given dual interpretations in logic.

    #Peirce #Logic #LogicalGraphs #EntitativeGraphs #ExistentialGraphs
    #SpencerBrown #LawsOfForm #BooleanFunctions #PropositionalCalculus
    #CactusSyntax #MinimalNegationOperators #MathematicalDuality #Form

  27. Operator Variables in Logical Graphs • Discussion 2
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/04

    Re: Operator Variables in Logical Graphs • 1
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/04

    Re: Cybernetics List • Lou Kauffman
    groups.google.com/g/cybcom/c/X

    LK:
    ❝I am writing to comment that there are some quite interesting situations that generalize the DeMorgan Duality.

    ❝One well-known one is this. Let R* denote the real numbers with a formal symbol @, denoting infinity, adjoined so that:

    • @ + @ = @
    • @ + 0 = @
    • @ + x = @ when x is an ordinary real number
    • 1 ÷ @ = 0

    ❝(Of course you cannot do anything with @ or the system collapses. One can easily give the constraints.)

    ❝Define ¬x = 1/x.

    • x + y = usual sum otherwise.

    ❝Define x ∗ y = xy/(x + y) = 1/((1/x) + (1/y)).

    ❝Then we have x ∗ y = ¬(¬x + ¬y), so that the system (R*, ¬, +, ∗) satisfies DeMorgan duality and it is a Boolean algebra when restricted to {0, @}.

    ❝Note also that ¬ fixes 1 and -1. This algebraic system occurs of course in electrical calculations and also in the properties of tangles in knot theory, as you can read in the last part of my included paper “Knot Logic”. I expect there is quite a bit more about this kind of duality in various (categorical) places.❞

    Thanks, Lou, there's a lot to think about here, so I'll need to study it a while. Just off hand, the embedding into reals brings up a vague memory of the very curious way Peirce defines negation in his 1870 “Logic of Relatives”. I seem to recall it involving a power series, but it's been a while so I'll have to look it up again.

    #Peirce #Logic #LogicalGraphs #EntitativeGraphs #ExistentialGraphs
    #SpencerBrown #LawsOfForm #BooleanFunctions #PropositionalCalculus

  28. Operator Variables in Logical Graphs • Discussion 1
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/04

    Re: Operator Variables in Logical Graphs • 1
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/04

    Re: Academia.edu • Stephen Duplantier
    academia.edu/community/Lxn1Ww?

    SD:
    ❝The best way for me to read Peirce is as if he was writing poetry. So if his algebra is poetry — I imagine him approving of the approach since he taught me abduction in the first place — there is room to wander. With this, I venture the idea that his “wide field” is a local algebraic geography far from the tended garden. There, where weeds and wild things grow and hybridize are the non‑dichotomic mathematics.❞

    Stephen,

    “Abdeuces Are Wild”, as they say, maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon …

    As far as my own guess, and a lot of my wandering in pursuit of it goes, I'd venture Peirce's field of vision opens up not so much from dichotomic to trichotomic domains of value as from dyadic to triadic relations, and all that with particular significance into the medium of reflection afforded by triadic sign relations.

    Resources —

    Logic Syllabus
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/logic-s

    Semeiotic
    oeis.org/wiki/Semeiotic

    Sign Relations
    oeis.org/wiki/Sign_relation

    Triadic Relations
    oeis.org/wiki/Triadic_relation

    #Peirce #Logic #LogicalGraphs #EntitativeGraphs #ExistentialGraphs
    #SpencerBrown #LawsOfForm #BooleanFunctions #PropositionalCalculus
    #CactusSyntax #MinimalNegationOperators #LogicalOperatorVariables

  29. Operator Variables in Logical Graphs • Discussion 1
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/04

    Re: Operator Variables in Logical Graphs • 1
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/04

    Re: Academia.edu • Stephen Duplantier
    academia.edu/community/Lxn1Ww?

    SD:
    ❝The best way for me to read Peirce is as if he was writing poetry. So if his algebra is poetry — I imagine him approving of the approach since he taught me abduction in the first place — there is room to wander. With this, I venture the idea that his “wide field” is a local algebraic geography far from the tended garden. There, where weeds and wild things grow and hybridize are the non‑dichotomic mathematics.❞

    Stephen,

    “Abdeuces Are Wild”, as they say, maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon …

    As far as my own guess, and a lot of my wandering in pursuit of it goes, I'd venture Peirce's field of vision opens up not so much from dichotomic to trichotomic domains of value as from dyadic to triadic relations, and all that with particular significance into the medium of reflection afforded by triadic sign relations.

    Resources —

    Logic Syllabus
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/logic-s

    Semeiotic
    oeis.org/wiki/Semeiotic

    Sign Relations
    oeis.org/wiki/Sign_relation

    Triadic Relations
    oeis.org/wiki/Triadic_relation

    #Peirce #Logic #LogicalGraphs #EntitativeGraphs #ExistentialGraphs
    #SpencerBrown #LawsOfForm #BooleanFunctions #PropositionalCalculus
    #CactusSyntax #MinimalNegationOperators #LogicalOperatorVariables

  30. Operator Variables in Logical Graphs • Discussion 1
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/04

    Re: Operator Variables in Logical Graphs • 1
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/04

    Re: Academia.edu • Stephen Duplantier
    academia.edu/community/Lxn1Ww?

    SD:
    ❝The best way for me to read Peirce is as if he was writing poetry. So if his algebra is poetry — I imagine him approving of the approach since he taught me abduction in the first place — there is room to wander. With this, I venture the idea that his “wide field” is a local algebraic geography far from the tended garden. There, where weeds and wild things grow and hybridize are the non‑dichotomic mathematics.❞

    Stephen,

    “Abdeuces Are Wild”, as they say, maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon …

    As far as my own guess, and a lot of my wandering in pursuit of it goes, I'd venture Peirce's field of vision opens up not so much from dichotomic to trichotomic domains of value as from dyadic to triadic relations, and all that with particular significance into the medium of reflection afforded by triadic sign relations.

    Resources —

    Logic Syllabus
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/logic-s

    Semeiotic
    oeis.org/wiki/Semeiotic

    Sign Relations
    oeis.org/wiki/Sign_relation

    Triadic Relations
    oeis.org/wiki/Triadic_relation

    #Peirce #Logic #LogicalGraphs #EntitativeGraphs #ExistentialGraphs
    #SpencerBrown #LawsOfForm #BooleanFunctions #PropositionalCalculus
    #CactusSyntax #MinimalNegationOperators #LogicalOperatorVariables

  31. Operator Variables in Logical Graphs • Discussion 1
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/04

    Re: Operator Variables in Logical Graphs • 1
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/04

    Re: Academia.edu • Stephen Duplantier
    academia.edu/community/Lxn1Ww?

    SD:
    ❝The best way for me to read Peirce is as if he was writing poetry. So if his algebra is poetry — I imagine him approving of the approach since he taught me abduction in the first place — there is room to wander. With this, I venture the idea that his “wide field” is a local algebraic geography far from the tended garden. There, where weeds and wild things grow and hybridize are the non‑dichotomic mathematics.❞

    Stephen,

    “Abdeuces Are Wild”, as they say, maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon …

    As far as my own guess, and a lot of my wandering in pursuit of it goes, I'd venture Peirce's field of vision opens up not so much from dichotomic to trichotomic domains of value as from dyadic to triadic relations, and all that with particular significance into the medium of reflection afforded by triadic sign relations.

    Resources —

    Logic Syllabus
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/logic-s

    Semeiotic
    oeis.org/wiki/Semeiotic

    Sign Relations
    oeis.org/wiki/Sign_relation

    Triadic Relations
    oeis.org/wiki/Triadic_relation

    #Peirce #Logic #LogicalGraphs #EntitativeGraphs #ExistentialGraphs
    #SpencerBrown #LawsOfForm #BooleanFunctions #PropositionalCalculus
    #CactusSyntax #MinimalNegationOperators #LogicalOperatorVariables

  32. Operator Variables in Logical Graphs • Discussion 1
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/04

    Re: Operator Variables in Logical Graphs • 1
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/04

    Re: Academia.edu • Stephen Duplantier
    academia.edu/community/Lxn1Ww?

    SD:
    ❝The best way for me to read Peirce is as if he was writing poetry. So if his algebra is poetry — I imagine him approving of the approach since he taught me abduction in the first place — there is room to wander. With this, I venture the idea that his “wide field” is a local algebraic geography far from the tended garden. There, where weeds and wild things grow and hybridize are the non‑dichotomic mathematics.❞

    Stephen,

    “Abdeuces Are Wild”, as they say, maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon …

    As far as my own guess, and a lot of my wandering in pursuit of it goes, I'd venture Peirce's field of vision opens up not so much from dichotomic to trichotomic domains of value as from dyadic to triadic relations, and all that with particular significance into the medium of reflection afforded by triadic sign relations.

    Resources —

    Logic Syllabus
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/logic-s

    Semeiotic
    oeis.org/wiki/Semeiotic

    Sign Relations
    oeis.org/wiki/Sign_relation

    Triadic Relations
    oeis.org/wiki/Triadic_relation

    #Peirce #Logic #LogicalGraphs #EntitativeGraphs #ExistentialGraphs
    #SpencerBrown #LawsOfForm #BooleanFunctions #PropositionalCalculus
    #CactusSyntax #MinimalNegationOperators #LogicalOperatorVariables

  33. Operator Variables in Logical Graphs • 1.2
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/04

    Consider De Morgan's rules:

    • ¬(A ∧ B) = ¬A ∨ ¬B

    • ¬(A ∨ B) = ¬A ∧ ¬B

    The common form exhibited by the two rules could be captured in a single formula by taking “o₁” and “o₂” as variable names ranging over a family of logical operators, then asking what substitutions for o₁ and o₂ would satisfy the following equation.

    • ¬(A o₁ B) = ¬A o₂ ¬B

    We already know two solutions to this “operator equation”, namely, (o₁, o₂) = (∧, ∨) and (o₁, o₂) = (∨, ∧). Wouldn't it be just like Peirce to ask if there are others?

    Having broached the subject of “logical operator variables”, I will leave it for now in the same way Peirce himself did:

    ❝I shall not further enlarge upon this matter at this point, although the conception mentioned opens a wide field; because it cannot be set in its proper light without overstepping the limits of dichotomic mathematics.❞ (Peirce, CP 4.306).

    Further exploration of operator variables and operator invariants treads on grounds traditionally known as second intentional logic and “opens a wide field”, as Peirce says. For now, however, I will tend to that corner of the field where our garden variety logical graphs grow, observing the ways in which operative variations and operative themes naturally develop on those grounds.

    #Peirce #Logic #LogicalGraphs #EntitativeGraphs #ExistentialGraphs
    #SpencerBrown #LawsOfForm #BooleanFunctions #PropositionalCalculus
    #CactusSyntax #MinimalNegationOperators #LogicalOperatorVariables

  34. Operator Variables in Logical Graphs • 1.2
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/04

    Consider De Morgan's rules:

    • ¬(A ∧ B) = ¬A ∨ ¬B

    • ¬(A ∨ B) = ¬A ∧ ¬B

    The common form exhibited by the two rules could be captured in a single formula by taking “o₁” and “o₂” as variable names ranging over a family of logical operators, then asking what substitutions for o₁ and o₂ would satisfy the following equation.

    • ¬(A o₁ B) = ¬A o₂ ¬B

    We already know two solutions to this “operator equation”, namely, (o₁, o₂) = (∧, ∨) and (o₁, o₂) = (∨, ∧). Wouldn't it be just like Peirce to ask if there are others?

    Having broached the subject of “logical operator variables”, I will leave it for now in the same way Peirce himself did:

    ❝I shall not further enlarge upon this matter at this point, although the conception mentioned opens a wide field; because it cannot be set in its proper light without overstepping the limits of dichotomic mathematics.❞ (Peirce, CP 4.306).

    Further exploration of operator variables and operator invariants treads on grounds traditionally known as second intentional logic and “opens a wide field”, as Peirce says. For now, however, I will tend to that corner of the field where our garden variety logical graphs grow, observing the ways in which operative variations and operative themes naturally develop on those grounds.

    #Peirce #Logic #LogicalGraphs #EntitativeGraphs #ExistentialGraphs
    #SpencerBrown #LawsOfForm #BooleanFunctions #PropositionalCalculus
    #CactusSyntax #MinimalNegationOperators #LogicalOperatorVariables

  35. Operator Variables in Logical Graphs • 1.2
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/04

    Consider De Morgan's rules:

    • ¬(A ∧ B) = ¬A ∨ ¬B

    • ¬(A ∨ B) = ¬A ∧ ¬B

    The common form exhibited by the two rules could be captured in a single formula by taking “o₁” and “o₂” as variable names ranging over a family of logical operators, then asking what substitutions for o₁ and o₂ would satisfy the following equation.

    • ¬(A o₁ B) = ¬A o₂ ¬B

    We already know two solutions to this “operator equation”, namely, (o₁, o₂) = (∧, ∨) and (o₁, o₂) = (∨, ∧). Wouldn't it be just like Peirce to ask if there are others?

    Having broached the subject of “logical operator variables”, I will leave it for now in the same way Peirce himself did:

    ❝I shall not further enlarge upon this matter at this point, although the conception mentioned opens a wide field; because it cannot be set in its proper light without overstepping the limits of dichotomic mathematics.❞ (Peirce, CP 4.306).

    Further exploration of operator variables and operator invariants treads on grounds traditionally known as second intentional logic and “opens a wide field”, as Peirce says. For now, however, I will tend to that corner of the field where our garden variety logical graphs grow, observing the ways in which operative variations and operative themes naturally develop on those grounds.

    #Peirce #Logic #LogicalGraphs #EntitativeGraphs #ExistentialGraphs
    #SpencerBrown #LawsOfForm #BooleanFunctions #PropositionalCalculus
    #CactusSyntax #MinimalNegationOperators #LogicalOperatorVariables

  36. Operator Variables in Logical Graphs • 1.2
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/04

    Consider De Morgan's rules:

    • ¬(A ∧ B) = ¬A ∨ ¬B

    • ¬(A ∨ B) = ¬A ∧ ¬B

    The common form exhibited by the two rules could be captured in a single formula by taking “o₁” and “o₂” as variable names ranging over a family of logical operators, then asking what substitutions for o₁ and o₂ would satisfy the following equation.

    • ¬(A o₁ B) = ¬A o₂ ¬B

    We already know two solutions to this “operator equation”, namely, (o₁, o₂) = (∧, ∨) and (o₁, o₂) = (∨, ∧). Wouldn't it be just like Peirce to ask if there are others?

    Having broached the subject of “logical operator variables”, I will leave it for now in the same way Peirce himself did:

    ❝I shall not further enlarge upon this matter at this point, although the conception mentioned opens a wide field; because it cannot be set in its proper light without overstepping the limits of dichotomic mathematics.❞ (Peirce, CP 4.306).

    Further exploration of operator variables and operator invariants treads on grounds traditionally known as second intentional logic and “opens a wide field”, as Peirce says. For now, however, I will tend to that corner of the field where our garden variety logical graphs grow, observing the ways in which operative variations and operative themes naturally develop on those grounds.

    #Peirce #Logic #LogicalGraphs #EntitativeGraphs #ExistentialGraphs
    #SpencerBrown #LawsOfForm #BooleanFunctions #PropositionalCalculus
    #CactusSyntax #MinimalNegationOperators #LogicalOperatorVariables

  37. Operator Variables in Logical Graphs • 1.2
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/04

    Consider De Morgan's rules:

    • ¬(A ∧ B) = ¬A ∨ ¬B

    • ¬(A ∨ B) = ¬A ∧ ¬B

    The common form exhibited by the two rules could be captured in a single formula by taking “o₁” and “o₂” as variable names ranging over a family of logical operators, then asking what substitutions for o₁ and o₂ would satisfy the following equation.

    • ¬(A o₁ B) = ¬A o₂ ¬B

    We already know two solutions to this “operator equation”, namely, (o₁, o₂) = (∧, ∨) and (o₁, o₂) = (∨, ∧). Wouldn't it be just like Peirce to ask if there are others?

    Having broached the subject of “logical operator variables”, I will leave it for now in the same way Peirce himself did:

    ❝I shall not further enlarge upon this matter at this point, although the conception mentioned opens a wide field; because it cannot be set in its proper light without overstepping the limits of dichotomic mathematics.❞ (Peirce, CP 4.306).

    Further exploration of operator variables and operator invariants treads on grounds traditionally known as second intentional logic and “opens a wide field”, as Peirce says. For now, however, I will tend to that corner of the field where our garden variety logical graphs grow, observing the ways in which operative variations and operative themes naturally develop on those grounds.

    #Peirce #Logic #LogicalGraphs #EntitativeGraphs #ExistentialGraphs
    #SpencerBrown #LawsOfForm #BooleanFunctions #PropositionalCalculus
    #CactusSyntax #MinimalNegationOperators #LogicalOperatorVariables

  38. Operator Variables in Logical Graphs • 1.1
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/04

    In lieu of a field study requirement for my bachelor's degree I spent two years in various state and university libraries reading everything I could find by and about Peirce, poring most memorably through reels of microfilmed Peirce manuscripts Michigan State had at the time, all in trying to track down some hint of a clue to a puzzling passage in Peirce's “Simplest Mathematics”, most acutely coming to a head with that bizarre line of type at CP 4.306, which the editors of Peirce's “Collected Papers”, no doubt compromised by the typographer's reluctance to cut new symbols, transmogrified into a script more cryptic than even the manuscript's original hieroglyphic.

    I found one key to the mystery in Peirce's use of “operator variables”, which he and his students Christine Ladd‑Franklin and O.H. Mitchell explored in depth. I will shortly discuss that theme as it affects logical graphs but it may be useful to give a shorter and sweeter explanation of how the basic idea typically arises in common logical practice.

    #Peirce #Logic #LogicalGraphs #EntitativeGraphs #ExistentialGraphs
    #SpencerBrown #LawsOfForm #BooleanFunctions #PropositionalCalculus
    #CactusSyntax #MinimalNegationOperators #LogicalOperatorVariables

  39. Operator Variables in Logical Graphs • 1.1
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/04

    In lieu of a field study requirement for my bachelor's degree I spent two years in various state and university libraries reading everything I could find by and about Peirce, poring most memorably through reels of microfilmed Peirce manuscripts Michigan State had at the time, all in trying to track down some hint of a clue to a puzzling passage in Peirce's “Simplest Mathematics”, most acutely coming to a head with that bizarre line of type at CP 4.306, which the editors of Peirce's “Collected Papers”, no doubt compromised by the typographer's reluctance to cut new symbols, transmogrified into a script more cryptic than even the manuscript's original hieroglyphic.

    I found one key to the mystery in Peirce's use of “operator variables”, which he and his students Christine Ladd‑Franklin and O.H. Mitchell explored in depth. I will shortly discuss that theme as it affects logical graphs but it may be useful to give a shorter and sweeter explanation of how the basic idea typically arises in common logical practice.

    #Peirce #Logic #LogicalGraphs #EntitativeGraphs #ExistentialGraphs
    #SpencerBrown #LawsOfForm #BooleanFunctions #PropositionalCalculus
    #CactusSyntax #MinimalNegationOperators #LogicalOperatorVariables

  40. Operator Variables in Logical Graphs • 1.1
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/04

    In lieu of a field study requirement for my bachelor's degree I spent two years in various state and university libraries reading everything I could find by and about Peirce, poring most memorably through reels of microfilmed Peirce manuscripts Michigan State had at the time, all in trying to track down some hint of a clue to a puzzling passage in Peirce's “Simplest Mathematics”, most acutely coming to a head with that bizarre line of type at CP 4.306, which the editors of Peirce's “Collected Papers”, no doubt compromised by the typographer's reluctance to cut new symbols, transmogrified into a script more cryptic than even the manuscript's original hieroglyphic.

    I found one key to the mystery in Peirce's use of “operator variables”, which he and his students Christine Ladd‑Franklin and O.H. Mitchell explored in depth. I will shortly discuss that theme as it affects logical graphs but it may be useful to give a shorter and sweeter explanation of how the basic idea typically arises in common logical practice.

    #Peirce #Logic #LogicalGraphs #EntitativeGraphs #ExistentialGraphs
    #SpencerBrown #LawsOfForm #BooleanFunctions #PropositionalCalculus
    #CactusSyntax #MinimalNegationOperators #LogicalOperatorVariables

  41. Operator Variables in Logical Graphs • 1.1
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/04

    In lieu of a field study requirement for my bachelor's degree I spent two years in various state and university libraries reading everything I could find by and about Peirce, poring most memorably through reels of microfilmed Peirce manuscripts Michigan State had at the time, all in trying to track down some hint of a clue to a puzzling passage in Peirce's “Simplest Mathematics”, most acutely coming to a head with that bizarre line of type at CP 4.306, which the editors of Peirce's “Collected Papers”, no doubt compromised by the typographer's reluctance to cut new symbols, transmogrified into a script more cryptic than even the manuscript's original hieroglyphic.

    I found one key to the mystery in Peirce's use of “operator variables”, which he and his students Christine Ladd‑Franklin and O.H. Mitchell explored in depth. I will shortly discuss that theme as it affects logical graphs but it may be useful to give a shorter and sweeter explanation of how the basic idea typically arises in common logical practice.

    #Peirce #Logic #LogicalGraphs #EntitativeGraphs #ExistentialGraphs
    #SpencerBrown #LawsOfForm #BooleanFunctions #PropositionalCalculus
    #CactusSyntax #MinimalNegationOperators #LogicalOperatorVariables

  42. Operator Variables in Logical Graphs • 1.1
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/04

    In lieu of a field study requirement for my bachelor's degree I spent two years in various state and university libraries reading everything I could find by and about Peirce, poring most memorably through reels of microfilmed Peirce manuscripts Michigan State had at the time, all in trying to track down some hint of a clue to a puzzling passage in Peirce's “Simplest Mathematics”, most acutely coming to a head with that bizarre line of type at CP 4.306, which the editors of Peirce's “Collected Papers”, no doubt compromised by the typographer's reluctance to cut new symbols, transmogrified into a script more cryptic than even the manuscript's original hieroglyphic.

    I found one key to the mystery in Peirce's use of “operator variables”, which he and his students Christine Ladd‑Franklin and O.H. Mitchell explored in depth. I will shortly discuss that theme as it affects logical graphs but it may be useful to give a shorter and sweeter explanation of how the basic idea typically arises in common logical practice.

    #Peirce #Logic #LogicalGraphs #EntitativeGraphs #ExistentialGraphs
    #SpencerBrown #LawsOfForm #BooleanFunctions #PropositionalCalculus
    #CactusSyntax #MinimalNegationOperators #LogicalOperatorVariables

  43. Survey of Animated Logical Graphs • 7
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/03

    This is a Survey of blog and wiki posts on Logical Graphs, encompassing several families of graph‑theoretic structures originally developed by Charles S. Peirce as graphical formal languages or visual styles of syntax amenable to interpretation for logical applications.

    Please follow the above link for the full set of resources.
    Articles and blog series on the core ideas are linked below.

    Beginnings —

    Logical Graphs • First Impressions
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2023/08

    Logical Graphs • Formal Development
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2023/09

    Elements —

    Logic Syllabus
    oeis.org/wiki/Logic_Syllabus

    Logical Graphs
    oeis.org/wiki/Logical_Graphs

    Minimal Negation Operators
    oeis.org/wiki/Minimal_negation

    Propositional Equation Reasoning Systems
    oeis.org/wiki/Propositional_Eq

    Examples —

    Peirce's Law
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2023/10
    oeis.org/wiki/Peirce%27s_law

    Praeclarum Theorema
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2023/10
    oeis.org/wiki/Logical_Graphs#P

    Proof Animations
    oeis.org/wiki/User:Jon_Awbrey/

    Excursions —

    Cactus Language
    oeis.org/wiki/Cactus_Language_

    Futures Of Logical Graphs
    oeis.org/wiki/Futures_Of_Logic

    Applications —

    Applications of a Propositional Calculator • Constraint Satisfaction Problems
    academia.edu/4727842/Applicati

    Exploratory Qualitative Analysis of Sequential Observation Data
    oeis.org/wiki/User:Jon_Awbrey/

    Differential Analytic Turing Automata
    oeis.org/wiki/Differential_Ana

    Survey of Theme One Program
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/02

    #Peirce #Logic #LogicalGraphs #EntitativeGraphs #ExistentialGraphs
    #SpencerBrown #LawsOfForm #BooleanFunctions #PropositionalCalculus
    #CactusSyntax #MinimalNegationOperator #PeircesLaw #TuringAutomata

  44. Survey of Animated Logical Graphs • 7
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/03

    This is a Survey of blog and wiki posts on Logical Graphs, encompassing several families of graph‑theoretic structures originally developed by Charles S. Peirce as graphical formal languages or visual styles of syntax amenable to interpretation for logical applications.

    Please follow the above link for the full set of resources.
    Articles and blog series on the core ideas are linked below.

    Beginnings —

    Logical Graphs • First Impressions
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2023/08

    Logical Graphs • Formal Development
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2023/09

    Elements —

    Logic Syllabus
    oeis.org/wiki/Logic_Syllabus

    Logical Graphs
    oeis.org/wiki/Logical_Graphs

    Minimal Negation Operators
    oeis.org/wiki/Minimal_negation

    Propositional Equation Reasoning Systems
    oeis.org/wiki/Propositional_Eq

    Examples —

    Peirce's Law
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2023/10
    oeis.org/wiki/Peirce%27s_law

    Praeclarum Theorema
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2023/10
    oeis.org/wiki/Logical_Graphs#P

    Proof Animations
    oeis.org/wiki/User:Jon_Awbrey/

    Excursions —

    Cactus Language
    oeis.org/wiki/Cactus_Language_

    Futures Of Logical Graphs
    oeis.org/wiki/Futures_Of_Logic

    Applications —

    Applications of a Propositional Calculator • Constraint Satisfaction Problems
    academia.edu/4727842/Applicati

    Exploratory Qualitative Analysis of Sequential Observation Data
    oeis.org/wiki/User:Jon_Awbrey/

    Differential Analytic Turing Automata
    oeis.org/wiki/Differential_Ana

    Survey of Theme One Program
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/02

    #Peirce #Logic #LogicalGraphs #EntitativeGraphs #ExistentialGraphs
    #SpencerBrown #LawsOfForm #BooleanFunctions #PropositionalCalculus
    #CactusSyntax #MinimalNegationOperator #PeircesLaw #TuringAutomata

  45. Survey of Animated Logical Graphs • 7
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/03

    This is a Survey of blog and wiki posts on Logical Graphs, encompassing several families of graph‑theoretic structures originally developed by Charles S. Peirce as graphical formal languages or visual styles of syntax amenable to interpretation for logical applications.

    Please follow the above link for the full set of resources.
    Articles and blog series on the core ideas are linked below.

    Beginnings —

    Logical Graphs • First Impressions
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2023/08

    Logical Graphs • Formal Development
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2023/09

    Elements —

    Logic Syllabus
    oeis.org/wiki/Logic_Syllabus

    Logical Graphs
    oeis.org/wiki/Logical_Graphs

    Minimal Negation Operators
    oeis.org/wiki/Minimal_negation

    Propositional Equation Reasoning Systems
    oeis.org/wiki/Propositional_Eq

    Examples —

    Peirce's Law
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2023/10
    oeis.org/wiki/Peirce%27s_law

    Praeclarum Theorema
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2023/10
    oeis.org/wiki/Logical_Graphs#P

    Proof Animations
    oeis.org/wiki/User:Jon_Awbrey/

    Excursions —

    Cactus Language
    oeis.org/wiki/Cactus_Language_

    Futures Of Logical Graphs
    oeis.org/wiki/Futures_Of_Logic

    Applications —

    Applications of a Propositional Calculator • Constraint Satisfaction Problems
    academia.edu/4727842/Applicati

    Exploratory Qualitative Analysis of Sequential Observation Data
    oeis.org/wiki/User:Jon_Awbrey/

    Differential Analytic Turing Automata
    oeis.org/wiki/Differential_Ana

    Survey of Theme One Program
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/02

    #Peirce #Logic #LogicalGraphs #EntitativeGraphs #ExistentialGraphs
    #SpencerBrown #LawsOfForm #BooleanFunctions #PropositionalCalculus
    #CactusSyntax #MinimalNegationOperator #PeircesLaw #TuringAutomata