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Just to make up a discrete example, let us suppose that the cardinality of this choice is a finite ''n'', and just to make it fully concrete let us say that ''n'' = 5. Figure 1 affords a rough picture of the situation.
Just to make up a discrete example, let us suppose that the cardinality of this choice is a finite ''n'', and just to make it fully concrete let us say that ''n'' = 5. Figure 1 affords a rough picture of the situation.
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The way that signs enter the scene is shown in Figure 2.
The way that signs enter the scene is shown in Figure 2.
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As a matter of fact, at least in this discrete type of case, it would be possible to use the degree of the node as a measure of uncertainty, but it would operate as a multiplicative measure rather than the sort of additive measure that we would normally prefer. To illustrate how this would work out, let us consider an easier example, one where the degree of the choice point is 4.
As a matter of fact, at least in this discrete type of case, it would be possible to use the degree of the node as a measure of uncertainty, but it would operate as a multiplicative measure rather than the sort of additive measure that we would normally prefer. To illustrate how this would work out, let us consider an easier example, one where the degree of the choice point is 4.
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Suppose that we contemplate making another decision after the present issue has been decided, one that has a degree of 2 in every case. The compound situation is depicted in Figure 4.
Suppose that we contemplate making another decision after the present issue has been decided, one that has a degree of 2 in every case. The compound situation is depicted in Figure 4.
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A set of signs enters on a setup like this as a system of ''middle terms'', a collection of signs that one may regard, aptly enough, as constellating a ''medium''.
A set of signs enters on a setup like this as a system of ''middle terms'', a collection of signs that one may regard, aptly enough, as constellating a ''medium''.
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