Re: Objects, Models, Theories • (1) • (2) • (3)

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”

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

Resources

• Functional Logic • Inquiry and Analogy
• Survey of Abduction, Deduction, Induction, Analogy, Inquiry

cc: Academia.edu • Cybernetics • Laws of Form • Ma^thstodon
cc: Research Gate • Structural Modeling • Systems Science • Syscoi

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