Prolegomenon: Concepts from Logic

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Praefatio: Unus non sufficit orbis xi
4. Nota bene xxi
5. Prolegomenon: Concepts from Logic 1
6. PART I: Exordium
7. 1 Praeludium: Ordered Sets 23
8. 2 Principium: The Lattice of Equivalence Relations 39
9. 3 Continuatio: Further Lattice Theory 61
10. PART II: Systems, Models, and Entailment
11. 4 The Modelling Relation 83
12. 5 Causation 105
13. 6 Topology 131
14. PART III: Simplex and Complex
15. 7 The Category of Formal Systems 163
16. 8 Simple Systems 201
17. 9 Complex Systems 229
18. PART IV: Hypotheses fingo
19. 10 Anticipation 239
20. 11 Living Systems 259
21. 12 Synthesis of (M,R)-Systems 289
22. PART V: Epilogus
23. 13 Ontogenic Vignettes 311
24. Appendix: Category Theory 329
25. Bibliography 373
26. Acknowledgments 377
27. Index 379
28. Categories 389