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Laws of Form, Peirce, and Cantor

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The purpose of this chapter is to explore the idea of a sign, using G. Spencer-Brown’s (1969) work “Laws of Form” is a pivot, a reference, and a place from which to make excursions into both simplicity and complexity. In order to handle the simplicity of the issues involved in thinking about distinction, Spencer-Brown’s introduction of a language that has only one sign is an instrument of great delicacy.

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Acknowledgement

Kauffman’s work in this chapter was supported by the Laboratory of Topology and Dynamics, Novosibirsk State University (contract no. 14.Y26.31.0025 with the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation). This chapter is dedicated to the memory of David Solzman, who introduced the author to many signs, including the work of Italo Calvino.

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  1. University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

    Louis H. Kauffman

  2. Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia

    Louis H. Kauffman

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Kauffman, L.H. (2019). Laws of Form, Peirce, and Cantor. In: Danesi, M. (eds) Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Math Cognition. Mathematics in Mind. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22537-7_9

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