On the Practical Bearings of Peirce's Maxim

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Summary?    (6761)

Author presents distinctions between signs    (6765)

References: phmartin@gu.edu.au (Jun 19, 2002)

Signs can be recursively, automatically combined    (6789)

References: phmartin@gu.edu.au (Jun 19, 2002)

Uses?    (6777)

Represent knowledge    (6796)

Help people understand/interpret real world    (6802)

General comments?    (3596)

Needs clarifying examples    (3602)

References: jackpark@thinkalong.com (May 6, 2002)

What is author's KR scheme?    (3609)

References: jackpark@thinkalong.com (May 6, 2002)

Broaden argument to explicate relevance for PORT    (6469)

References: mkeeler@u.washington.edu (Jun 18, 2002)

Focus on one aspect of work that is relevant to PORT    (6478)

References: mkeeler@u.washington.edu (Jun 18, 2002)

Definition of "sign"?    (3639)

Sarbo: Example of a sign    (3687)

References: janos@cs.kun.nl (Apr 23, 2002)

Peirce's definition in The New Elements of Mathematics    (3645)

References: jawbrey@oakland.edu (May 16, 2002)

Relationship between concepts and objects?    (3696)

Sarbo: "concepts emerge from the effects of an object"    (3702)

References: janos@cs.kun.nl (Apr 23, 2002)

Imposes a temporal order (i.e. objects precede concepts)    (3711)

This can happen, but is not a necessary condition.
Peirce's usage of "correspondence" and "determination" frequently misunderstood.

Follows from the model on signs    (3789)

Role of interpretation in Sarbo's model of signs?    (3739)

References: janos@cs.kun.nl (May 22, 2002)

Definition of "interpretation"?    (3745)

Representation of sign-object relation by relation between interpretant and object    (3730)

Mediation between sign/interpretant/object based on input quality and info in memory    (3776)

References: janos@cs.kun.nl (May 22, 2002)

Examples?    (3759)

Visual observation of smoke    (3765)

How can signs be combined automatically to create other signs?    (6880)

References: phmartin@gu.edu.au (Jun 19, 2002)

How are distinctions between signs a guide for combining them?    (6887)

References: phmartin@gu.edu.au (Jun 19, 2002)

What are the expected inputs?    (6893)

References: phmartin@gu.edu.au (Jun 19, 2002)

Ideal language allows everything to be viewed as an argument    (6898)

What abstract representational functions cannot be covered using LISP-like syntaxes?    (6905)

References: phmartin@gu.edu.au (Jun 19, 2002)

LISP too formal    (7311)

"formal" is "non-pragmatical."

LISP concepts not directly related to concepts of human cognition    (7315)

Natural languages possess something important that LISP does not    (7321)

Humans do not suffer from the problems of LISP    (7325)

Human knowledge representation based on signs    (6914)

What's the alternative?    (6921)

References: phmartin@gu.edu.au (Jun 19, 2002)

string    (7345)

tree    (7349)

Clarification?    (7358)

Sign is not some "thing"    (7364)

Signs inherently dynamic    (7372)

This makes them suitable for knowledge representation.