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| ===Note 3=== | | ===Note 3=== |
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− | <pre> | + | <blockquote> |
− | | The present is big with the future.
| + | <p>The present is big with the future.</p> |
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− | | ~~ Leibniz
| + | <p>— Leibniz</p> |
| + | </blockquote> |
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− | Here I now delve into subject matters | + | Here I now delve into subject matters that are more specifically logical in the character of their interpretation. |
− | that are more specifically logical in | |
− | the character of their interpretation. | |
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− | Imagine that we are sitting in one of the cells of a venn diagram, | + | Imagine that we are sitting in one of the cells of a venn diagram, contemplating the walls. There are <math>k\!</math> of them, one for each positive feature <math>x_1, \ldots, x_k</math> in our universe of discourse. Our particular cell is described by a concatenation of <math>k\!</math> signed assertions, positive or negative, regarding each of these features, and this description of our position amounts to what is called an "interpretation" of whatever proposition may rule the space, or reign on the universe of discourse. But are we locked into this interpretation? |
− | contemplating the walls. There are k of them, one for each positive | |
− | feature x_1, ..., x_k in our universe of discourse. Our particular cell | |
− | is described by a concatenation of k signed assertions, positive or negative, | |
− | regarding each of these features, and this description of our position amounts | |
− | to what is called an "interpretation" of whatever proposition may rule the space, | |
− | or reign on the universe of discourse. But are we locked into this interpretation? | |
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− | With respect to each edge x of the cell we consider a test proposition dx | + | With respect to each edge <math>x\!</math> of the cell we consider a test proposition <math>\operatorname{d}x</math> that determines our decision whether or not we will make a difference in how we stand regarding <math>x\!</math>. If <math>\operatorname{d}x</math> is true then it marks our decision, intention, or plan to cross over the edge <math>x\!</math> at some point within the purview of the contemplated plan. |
− | that determines our decision whether or not we will make a difference in | |
− | how we stand regarding to x. If dx is true then it marks our decision, | |
− | intention, or plan to cross over the edge x at some point within the | |
− | purview of the contemplated plan. | |
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| + | <pre> |
| To reckon the effect of several such decisions on our current interpretation, | | To reckon the effect of several such decisions on our current interpretation, |
| or the value of the reigning proposition, we transform that position or that | | or the value of the reigning proposition, we transform that position or that |