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  1. Survey of Theme One Program
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2023/03

    This is a Survey of resources for the Theme One Program I worked on all through the 1980s. The aim was to develop fundamental algorithms and data structures for integrating empirical learning with logical reasoning. I had earlier developed separate programs for basic components of those tasks, namely, 2-level formal language learning and propositional constraint satisfaction, the latter using an extension of C.S. Peirce's logical graphs as a syntax for propositional logic. Thus arose the question of how well it might be possible to get “empiricist” and “rationalist” modes of operation to cooperate. The long-term vision is the design and implementation of an Automated Research Tool able to double as a platform for Inquiry Driven Education.

    Please follow the above link for the full set of resources. An initial sample is linked below.

    Wiki Hub —

    Theme One Program • Overview
    oeis.org/wiki/Theme_One_Progra

    Documentation —

    Theme One Program • Pascal Source Code
    academia.edu/5210987/Theme_One

    Theme One Program • User Guide
    academia.edu/5211369/Theme_One

    Theme One Program • Exposition
    oeis.org/wiki/Theme_One_Progra

    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/

    References —

    An Architecture for Inquiry • Building Computer Platforms for Discovery
    academia.edu/1270327/An_Archit

    Exploring Research Data Interactively • Theme One : A Program of Inquiry
    academia.edu/1272839/Exploring

    #Peirce #Logic #LogicalGraphs #ThemeOneProgram #IdeaProcessor
    #BooleanSatisfiability #CactusLanguage #DeclarativeProgramming

  2. Theme One Program • Discussion 10
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2023/04

    Re: Seamus Bradley
    web.archive.org/web/2023042220

    ❝I thought of a programming language where every function can only return one type: the return type. The return type is just a wrapper around a struct that contains the actual return value, but also a reference to the called function and arguments, and possibly an error code.❞

    My flashback —

    Way back in the last millennium I started work on a programming style I called an “idea processor”, where an “idea” is a pointer to a “form” and a form is a minimal type of record containing 1 character, 1 number, and 4 more ideas.

    I implemented a functional style where all the main functions are transformations of one or more ideas to a return idea. The principal data type is an “idea-form flag” which serves a role analogous to a “cons cell” in #Lisp.

    Here's one entry point —

    Theme One Program • Exposition 1
    inquiryintoinquiry.com/2022/06

    #Peirce #Logic #LogicalGraphs #ThemeOneProgram #IdeaProcessor
    #CactusLanguage #DeclarativeProgram #FunctionalProgramming