Index
George Spencer Brown's “Design with the NOR”: With Related Essays
ISBN: 978-1-83982-611-5, eISBN: 978-1-83982-610-8
Publication date: 8 March 2021
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(2021), "Index", Roth, S., Heidingsfelder, M., Clausen, L. and Laursen, K.B. (Ed.) George Spencer Brown's “Design with the NOR”: With Related Essays, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 141-143. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83982-610-820211014
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INDEX
Note: Page numbers followed by “n” indicate notes.
Aggregation of specialized communicative elements
, 53
And-symbol
, 104
Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC)
, 44
Art of elimination
, 103–115
Asian philosophy
, 127, 133
Autopoietic system
, 55–56, 58
Basic truth table
, 48–49
Begriffsschrift (Frege)
, 69
Berlin Wall
, 42
Binary NOR truth table
, 34, 37
Boolean algebra
, 3, 48, 94, 102, 104–105, 109–110, 120
Calculus
, 14, 96
of K∘
, 16–17
NOR in history
, 14–15
simplification
, 15–16
theorem of generation
, 18–22
Connective differences
, 91–94
Continence
, 4, 33, 36
Critical theory
, 45
Cross in Laws of Form
, 63–66
Cuba Crisis
, 4
Cybernetics
, 28
De Morgan’s laws for quantifiers
, 119
Decimal system
, 43
Design with the NOR
, 1–2, 23–24, 33, 41–42, 53, 89
calculus
, 14–20
memory function
, 10–11
principles
, 7–13
standard functions with NOR
, 8–10
translating relay circuits
, 11–13
unit
, 8
Diagrammatics
, 4, 77
monstrous toroidal solenoid
, 86
NOR gate
, 79–80
re-entering mark
, 83
successive NOR gates
, 84
toroidal solenoid
, 85, 87
Dualism
, 119
Echelon theorem
, 20
Elementary theorems
, 21–22
Emergence of the Silicon Valley
, 4
Enlightenment
, 127–133
Existence
, 4, 23, 30, 45, 51, 97, 119, 132, 135
Expert Sneerers
, 136–138
Form
, 133–136
Formal language
, 94–103
Formal simplicity
, 112
Formalization
, 95, 97
Freedom from interpretation
, 122
Graphical similarity
, 57
If-then-symbol
, 105
Imaginary Boolean values
, 100
Industrial NOR unit
, 46
Information theory
, 118
Integrated circuit transistors
, 43
Interpretation
, 98, 100, 102
Kanon Null
, 130n28
Korean War
, 4
Kosub’s H-function
, 124
Law of identity
, 48
Laws of Form
, 2–4, 30, 33, 38, 46–47, 50, 55, 78, 115
cross and negation in
, 63–66
new perspective on
, 23–24
Laws of Thought, The
, 115
Locus
, 82n3
Logical NOR
, 3
Loops inducing loops
, 78–79
Luhmannian systems theory
, 53, 93
Mathematical curiosity
, 102
Mathematical model
, 80
Mathematics
, 71, 93, 100
Meaning Negation (Franz Hoegl)
, 4, 72–73
cross, licensed from negation in logic
, 67–69
cross and negation in Laws of Form
, 63–66
Memory function
, 78
Metaphysical synthesis
, 116
Methodical Constructivism
, 25
Methodical Culturalism
, 25
Monstrous toroidal solenoid
, 86
Mullard Equipment Limited
, 2, 33, 37, 43
Mutually assured destruction (MAD)
, 42
NAND
gate
, 26n2, 107
NAND-operation
, 68
operations
, 106
Negation in Laws of Form
, 63–66
Nicod arrow
, 68
NOR
, 33
forms of truth
, 36–38
gates
, 26, 79–80
in history
, 14–15
logic
, 24, 27–28
new perspective on Laws of Form
, 23–24
Norigin of form
, 33–34
operations
, 106
operator
, 67
on path from transistor technology to universal indeterminacy
, 23
perceptions of NOR applications in practice
, 25–28
tracking traces of achievement and loss
, 24–25
transistor as arrangement of crosses
, 35
true forms
, 34–36
typescript
, 4–5
universality of holistic functions
, 28–30
NOR-paper
, 65–67, 69, 72
Not-or gate
, 107
Not-symbol
, 104
On Thermonuclear War (Kahn)
, 42
Or-symbol
, 105
Ordinary language
, 94–103
Orthonormality
, 82n4
Paradoxes
, 129
Perceptions of NOR applications in practice
, 25–28
Philosophy
, 72
Planar Graph of the Rhombic Dodecahedron
, 34
Points
, 79
Re-entering mark
, 83
Re-entry equations
, 124
Reasoning
, 78
Reflection value
, 94
Relay
, 113
Right-hand grip rule
, 80–82, 85–86
Rigorousness
, 96
Saturn V rocket
, 43–44
Schematizability
, 97
Science
, 4, 38, 92, 94
Self-reference
, 58, 99
Semiconductor material
, 26
Sheffer stroke
, 4, 14–15, 68, 107, 112–113, 125
Sheffer’s system
, 14, 68
Silicon Valley
, 43
Simplification
, 15–16
Sino–US bipolar rivalry
, 42
Social systems
, 46–47, 53, 56, 59
theory
, 38
Social theory
, 45
design
, 3
Society
, 44–48, 135–136
Solenoids
, 84
Soviet social theory
, 45
Space Conquest
, 4
Sputnik Shock
, 4
String theory
, 123n21
Stroboscope
, 122
Successive NOR gates
, 84
Tao Te Ching (Laozi)
, 23
Theorem of generation
, 18–22, 51
Theorem of reflexion
, 17
Theory
, 41–44
“Theory, Society and George Spencer Brown” (Lars Clausen)
, 3–4
Topological invariance
, 68
Toroidal solenoid
, 85, 87
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (Wittgenstein)
, 69
Transistor
, 113
technology
, 25–26
Transistor NOR unit
, 7, 44
Universal calculation machines
, 26
Universal Man
, 136–138
Universal theories
, 93
Universality of holistic functions
, 28–30
Western post-war social theory
, 45
Words
, 23, 54, 95–96, 124
Writtenness
, 122
Zuse 1 (Z1)
, 43
- Prelims
- Chapter 1: Editorial Note
- Chapter 2: Design with the NOR
- Chapter 3: Transcending Engineering Practice: NOR on the Path from Transistor Technology to Universal Indeterminacy
- Chapter 4: NOR: Truth Table, True Distinction
- Chapter 5: Theory, Society, and George Spencer Brown
- Chapter 6: Meaning Negation
- Chapter 7: Diagrammatics: From Networks to Boundaries
- Chapter 8: Marking the Mark. George Spencer Brown’s Operator Across the Disciplines
- Index