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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