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| Ө n = 5 |
| O n = 5 |
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This pictures a juncture, represented by "Ө", where there are ''n'' options for the outcome of a conduct, and we have no clue as to which it must be. In a sense, the degree of this node, in this case ''n'' = 5, measures the uncertainty that we have at this point.
This pictures a juncture, represented by "O", where there are ''n'' options for the outcome of a conduct, and we have no clue as to which it must be. In a sense, the degree of this node, in this case ''n'' = 5, measures the uncertainty that we have at this point.
This is the minimal sort of setting in which a sign can make any sense at all. A sign has significance for an agent, interpreter, or observer because its actualization, its being given or its being present, serves to reduce the uncertainty of a decision that the agent has to make, whether it concerns the actions that the agent ought to take in order to achieve some objective of interest, or whether it concerns the predicates that the agent ought to treat as being true of some object in the world.
This is the minimal sort of setting in which a sign can make any sense at all. A sign has significance for an agent, interpreter, or observer because its actualization, its being given or its being present, serves to reduce the uncertainty of a decision that the agent has to make, whether it concerns the actions that the agent ought to take in order to achieve some objective of interest, or whether it concerns the predicates that the agent ought to treat as being true of some object in the world.