Re: [PEIRCE-L] [ontolog-forum] Diagrammatic Reasoning and AI

2023-08-28 Thread John F Sowa
Alex, The words 'structure' and 'diagram' have multiple informal meanings in dictionaries of English. They also have multiple formal meanings in different theories of engineering, science, architecture, mathematics, ... Alex> Diagram is just a picture. Rotate it on 180 grads or delete labels,

RE: [PEIRCE-L] [CG] Re: [ontolog-forum] Diagrammatic Reasoning and AI

2023-08-28 Thread John F Sowa
Edwina, Alex, and Doug F, In my note to Alex, I said that every diagram is a structure, and every structure is a diagram. But I was too hasty in saying that. I should have said that a diagram is a kind of structure that may be used to represent the significant aspects of something else. A

Re: [PEIRCE-L] [CG] [ontolog-forum] Diagrammatic Reasoning and AI

2023-08-28 Thread Edwina Taborsky
John, list Thank you for an impressive paper and outline of diagrammatic thinking. My question is - in your paper, do you explain how a diagram becomes [ as operative in the categorical mode of Thirdness] a primary mediative force in the movement from sensation [of the object] to an