Michele Pasin / Quotes

Control; productivity

The notion of control arises in the context of productivity. Maturana talks about 3 main modes in which we can act and these 3 are distinguished largely in terms of differences of intent. Firstly, the Science mode - the intent here is explanations. Secondly, the Technology mode - the intent here is production. Thirdly, the Art mode - where the intent is Aesthetic.

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#Maturana #notion #mode

Having a meeting is like throwing an exception

For someone on the maker's schedule, having a meeting is like throwing an exception. It doesn't merely cause you to switch from one task to another; it…

Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule #schedule #meeting #exception #task #mode

A turning point in the history of semiotics

Despite all the internal ruptures and inconsistencies, Augustine's doctrine of sign is based on a definition of the sign that, for the first time, intends to…

Medieval Semiotics (meier-oeser, Stephan) #linguistic-signs #history-of-semiotics #doctrine #semiotics #notion

Artifacts have proper functions

notion of (technical) artifact. We are aware that many such notions have been discussed in the literature, but the one by Baker [20] works well for us…

Towards An Ontology Of Software: A Requirements Engineering Perspective #artifacts #objects #notion #function

Description logic vs other formalisms

A Description Logic (DL) models concepts, roles and individuals, and their relationships.The fundamental modeling concept of a DL is the axiom - a logical…

Description Logic - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia #concept #terminology #community #notion

Ontological pluralism

Ludwig Wittgenstein's notion of language-games argues that there is no over-arching, single, fundamental ontology, but only a patchwork of overlapping…

Pluralism (philosophy) - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia #ontology #concept #number #notion #wittgenstein

Philosophy

...he defined philosophy as science [gakumon], i.e. unified conceptual knowledge, more specifically the first and universal science that “reflects on the…

Nishida Kitarō (stanford Encyclopedia Of Philosophy) #philosophy #intuition #human-life #science #Nishida #notion