At 07:45 AM 10/6/2014, Gary Fuhrman wrote:
Information in Peircean logic is defined as the logical product of
the breadth and depth of a sign; these are logical quantities and
cannot be measured in bits.
HP: I do not understand a quantity that has no measure of some
kind. If not information,
On Oct 5, 2014, at 2:20 PM, Gary Fuhrman g...@gnusystems.ca wrote:
HP: Suppose, in context of a Dicisign or a proposition, you ask me:
Is it true or false? I can give you a one-bit answer. Isn't that bit some
kind of sign?
GF: My answer to your question is: 1. (as opposed to 0).
But
At 06:41 PM 10/5/2014, Clark Goble wrote:
The type/token distinction seems definitely to apply here
[Pattee-Fuhrman disagreement].
HP: I agree. Bits are ambiguous. Bit may refer to a measure or type
of information, or bit may refer to a token of information, like 0 or 1.
Howard
