Jon Awbrey 12:12 pm on November 4, 2025
Tags: Abduction ( 4 ), C.S. Peirce ( 22 ), Communication ( 2 ), Control ( 2 ), cybernetics ( 14 ), Deduction ( 4 ), Determination ( 3 ), Discovery ( 3 ), Doubt ( 3 ), Epistemology ( 2 ), Fixation of Belief ( 4 ), Induction ( 4 ), Information ( 4 ), Information = Comprehension × Extension ( 3 ), Information Theory ( 3 ), inquiry ( 18 ), Inquiry Driven Systems ( 6 ), Inquiry Into Inquiry ( 3 ), Interpretation ( 3 ), Invention ( 3 ), knowledge ( 3 ), Learning Theory ( 3 ), logic ( 24 ), Logic of Relatives ( 15 ), Logic of Science ( 4 ), Mathematics ( 23 ), Peirce ( 3 ), philosophy ( 4 ), philosophy-of-science ( 3 ), Pragmatic Information ( 2 ), Probable Reasoning ( 2 ), Process Thinking ( 2 ), Relation Theory ( 16 ), Scientific Inquiry ( 3 ), Scientific Method ( 4 ), Semeiosis ( 2 ), Semiosis ( 14 ), Semiotic Information ( 2 ), Semiotics ( 20 ), Sign Relational Manifolds ( 3 ), Sign Relations, Surveys ( 3 ), Triadic Relations ( 17 ), Uncertainty ( 2 )

Survey of Cybernetics • 5

Again, in a ship, if a man were at liberty to do what he chose, but were devoid of mind and excellence in navigation (αρετης κυβερνητικης), do you perceive what must happen to him and his fellow sailors?

— Plato • Alcibiades • 135 A

This is a Survey of blog posts relating to Cybernetics. It includes the selections from Ashby’s Introduction and the comment on them I’ve posted so far, plus two series of reflections on the governance of social systems in light of cybernetic and semiotic principles.

Anthem

Ouch❢

Ashby’s Introduction to Cybernetics

Chapter 10 • Regulation In Biological Systems

Selections • (1) • (2) • (3) • (4) • (5) • (6) • (7) • (8) • (9) • (10)

Discussions • (1) • (2) • (3) • (4)

Chapter 11 • Requisite Variety

Selections • (11) • (12) • (13)

Blog Series

Basal Ingredients Of Society (BIOS)

Prologue • Prescription

Comments • (1) • (2) • (3) • (4) • (5) • (6) • (7)

Theory and Therapy of Representations • (1) • (2) • (3) • (4) • (5)

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cc: Conceptual Graphs • Cybernetics • Structural Modeling • Systems Science

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Jon Awbrey 12:08 pm on November 3, 2025
Tags: Abduction ( 4 ), Adaptive Systems, Analogy ( 2 ), Animata ( 4 ), Artificial Intelligence ( 2 ), Automated Research Tools ( 2 ), C.S. Peirce ( 22 ), Cognitive Science, cybernetics ( 14 ), Deduction ( 4 ), Educational Systems Design, Educational Technology, Fixation of Belief ( 4 ), Induction ( 4 ), Information Theory ( 3 ), inquiry ( 18 ), Inquiry Driven Systems ( 6 ), Inquiry Into Inquiry ( 3 ), Intelligent Systems, Interpretation ( 3 ), logic ( 24 ), Logic of Science ( 4 ), Mathematics ( 23 ), Mental Models, Pragmatic Maxim ( 2 ), Semiotics ( 20 ), Sign Relations, Triadic Relations ( 17 ), Visualization ( 9 )

Survey of Inquiry Driven Systems • 7

This is a Survey of work in progress on Inquiry Driven Systems, material I plan to refine toward a more compact and systematic treatment of the subject.

An inquiry driven system is a system having among its state variables some representing its state of information with respect to various questions of interest, for example, its own state and the states of potential object systems. Thus it has a component of state tracing a trajectory though an information state space.

Anthem

The object of reasoning is to find out …

Elements

Background

Blog Series

Pragmatic Cosmos • (1)

In the Way of Inquiry

Pragmatic Theory Of Truth • (1) • (2) • (3) • (4) • (5) • (6)

Discussions • (1) • (2) • (3) • (4) • (5) • (6) • (7) • (8) • (9) • (10) • (11) • (12) • (13) • (14) • (15) • (16) • (17) • (18) • (19) • (20) • (21) • (22) • (23) • (24) • (25) • (26) • (27) • (28)

Blog Dialogs

Inquiry Driven Systems

Comments • (1) • (2) • (3) • (4) • (5) • (6)
Discussions • (1) • (2) • (3) • (4) • (5) • (6) • (7) • (8) • (9)

Inquiry Into Inquiry

On Balance
On Initiative • (1) • (2) • (3) • (4) • (5)
In Medias Res • Flash Back
Understanding • (1) • (2)
Discussions • (1) • (2) • (3) • (4) • (5) • (6) • (7) • (8) • (9)

Architectonics of Inquiry • (1)

Higher Order Sign Relations • (1)

Discussions • (1) • (2) • (3) • (4) • (5)

Developments

Applications

Conceptual Barriers to Creating Integrative Universities
(Abstract) (Online)
Interpretation as Action • The Risk of Inquiry
(Journal) (doc) (pdf)
An Architecture for Inquiry • Building Computer Platforms for Discovery
(Online)
Exploring Research Data Interactively • Theme One : A Program of Inquiry
(Online)

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cc: Conceptual Graphs • Cybernetics • Structural Modeling • Systems Science

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Jon Awbrey 11:00 am on November 2, 2025
Tags: Abduction ( 4 ), Aristotle ( 2 ), C.S. Peirce ( 22 ), Deduction ( 4 ), Dewey, Discovery ( 3 ), Doubt ( 3 ), Fixation of Belief ( 4 ), Functional Logic ( 2 ), Icon Index Symbol ( 2 ), Induction ( 4 ), Inference, Information ( 4 ), inquiry ( 18 ), Invention ( 3 ), logic ( 24 ), Logic of Science ( 4 ), Mathematics ( 23 ), Morphism, Paradigmata, Paradigms, Pattern Recognition, Peirce ( 3 ), philosophy ( 4 ), Pragmatic Maxim ( 2 ), Pragmatism, Scientific Inquiry ( 3 ), Scientific Method ( 4 ), Semiotics ( 20 ), Sign Relations, Surveys ( 3 ), Syllogism, Triadic Relations ( 17 ), Visualization ( 9 )

Survey of Abduction, Deduction, Induction, Analogy, Inquiry • 5

This is a Survey of blog and wiki posts on three elementary forms of inference, as recognized by a logical tradition extending from Aristotle through Charles S. Peirce. Particular attention is paid to the way the inferential rudiments combine to form the more complex patterns of analogy and inquiry.

Anthem

Tenacity, Authority, Plausibility, Inquiry

Blog Dialogs

Abduction, Deduction, Induction, Analogy, Inquiry • (1) • (2) • (3) • (4) • (5) • (6) • (7) • (8) • (9) • (10) • (11) • (12) • (13) • (14) • (15) • (16) • (17) • (18) • (19) • (20) • (21) • (22) • (23) • (24) • (25) • (26) • (27) • (28) • (29) • (30) • (31)