Posted on September 28, 2008, 7:47 pm, by rickmurphy, under
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The central topic for this post is to sketch out a program for developing a new theory of meaning. In short, my hypothesis is this: a) semantics provides a theory of representation and truth; b) semiotics provides a theory signs and their interpretation; c) pragmaticism defines the effect of a conception on other objects as the whole of the conception; and d) meaning emerges in a complex system through the convergence of relational properties and domain knowledge.
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Posted on August 12, 2008, 10:43 pm, by rickmurphy, under
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I noticed a similarity recently in posts from Chris Anderson and Nicholas Carr. Over the past few months both of these widely read authors published a thought provoking post that calls into question humanity’s stewardship of knowledge in today’s 2.0 world. And each post contains signs of the singularity. Read on brave traveler, but don’t forget to bring your towel !
Anderson, in The End of Theory: The Data Deluge Makes the Scientific Method Obsolete, postulates a world of technological utopianism without realism.
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Posted on December 14, 2007, 4:40 pm, by rickmurphy, under
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As the old year winds down and the new year approaches it’s time to take stock of our beliefs and increase awareness of what’s emerging in the world around us. Reminiscent of Thomas Kuhn’s Structure of Scientific Revolutions, the following quote from Charles Sanders Peirce’s Of Reasoning in General says so much: