Introduction to Situation Theory Part III

Posted on Sun 17 October 2010 in Situation Theory tutorial • Tagged with constraints, infon logic, information, situation theory

Infon Logic

Devlin develops an infon logic framework to be used either by a theorist or by an agent. The description of this logic is relatively informal. Infon logic combines basic infons to form non-basic compound infons. Conjuction and disjunction of infons may be recursively applied to create larger expressions …


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Some thoughts on intelligence and culture as constraint and resource

Posted on Thu 05 August 2010 in Rumination • Tagged with constraints, creativity, culture, intelligence

Maybe a year or more ago, in another context, John McCreery wrote:

As an anthropologist I both feel attracted to describing culture as “the panoply of resources that show that a place is unique and distinctive” and also aware that attaching culture to place may be too limiting. Consider diasporas …


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