Cf: Differential Logic • Discussion 5
http://inquiryintoinquiry.com/2021/06/17/differential-logic-discussion-5/

Re: Laws of Form
https://groups.io/g/lawsofform/topic/differential_logic/83557540
::: Lyle Anderson ( https://groups.io/g/lawsofform/message/330 )

<QUOTE JA:>
The differential proposition dA is one we use to describe
a change of state (or a state of change) from A to (A) or
the reverse.
</QUOTE>

<QUOTE LA:>
Does this mean that if A is the proposition “The sky is blue”,
then dA would be the statement “The sky is not blue”?  Don't
you already have a notation for this in A and (A) ?  From
where does “state” and “change of state” come in relation
to a proposition?
</QUOTE>

Dear Lyle,

The differential variable dA : X → B = {0, 1} is a derivative variable,
a qualitative analogue of a velocity vector in the quantitative realm.

Let's say x ϵ R is a real value giving the membrane potential
in a particular segment of a nerve cell's axon and A : R → B
is a categorical variable predicating whether the site is in
the activated state, A(x) = 1, or not, A(x) = 0.  We observe
the site at discrete intervals, a few milliseconds apart, and
obtain the following data.

• At time t₁ the site is in a resting state, A(x) = 0.
• At time t₂ the site is in an active state, A(x) = 1.
• At time t₃ the site is in a resting state, A(x) = 0.

On current information we have no way of predicting the state at
time t₂ from the state at time t₁ but we know action potentials
are inherently transient so we can fairly well guess the state
of change at time t₂ is dA = 1, in other words, about to be
changing from A to (A).  The site's qualitative “position”
and “velocity” at time t₂ can now be described by means
of the compound proposition A dA.

Resources
=========

Logic Syllabus
https://oeis.org/wiki/Logic_Syllabus

Logical Graphs
https://oeis.org/wiki/Logical_Graphs

Minimal Negation Operators
https://oeis.org/wiki/Minimal_negation_operator

Differential Logic
https://oeis.org/wiki/Differential_Logic_%E2%80%A2_Overview
https://oeis.org/wiki/Differential_Logic_%E2%80%A2_Part_1
https://oeis.org/wiki/Differential_Logic_%E2%80%A2_Part_2
https://oeis.org/wiki/Differential_Logic_%E2%80%A2_Part_3
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