{"id":10042,"date":"2026-01-13T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=10042"},"modified":"2025-10-10T18:06:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T18:06:31","slug":"looking-at-ekaterina-velmezova-and-kalevi-kulls-article-2017-boris-uspenskij-part-17-of-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=10042","title":{"rendered":"Looking at Ekaterina Velmezova and Kalevi Kull&#8217;s Article (2017) &#8220;Boris Uspenskij&#8230;&#8221; (Part 17 of 19)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>0611 This examiner sets aside the remainder of the interview under examination, in order to address a possible solution to the last question, while relying on the discipline of biosemiotics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0612 Am I&nbsp;<em>the owl whose face appears on the wings of a moth?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Am I&nbsp;<em>the small bird who would prefer to eat a moth and not be eaten by a predatory owl?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Am I&nbsp;<em>the moth who would prefer to not be eaten by the small bird?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0613&nbsp;<em>What<\/em>&nbsp;am I talking about?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Biologists observe a phenomena, appearing on&nbsp;<em>the top surface of the wings<\/em>&nbsp;of certain species of moths.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Each wing<\/em>displays&nbsp;<em>a large black dot,<\/em>&nbsp;in such&nbsp;<em>a fashion that the human instantly recognizes the face of an owl<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;So, by extension, must&nbsp;<em>small birds, the moth&#8217;s primary predator<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0614 I associate&nbsp;<em>the appearance of an owl&#8217;s eyes<sub>2bf<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;with&nbsp;<em>a literary text<sub>2bf<\/sub>,<\/em>&nbsp;substantiated by&nbsp;<em>the language of pattern recognition<sub>2bm<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<em>the normal context of a visual system<sub>3b<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;operating on&nbsp;<em>the potential &#8216;laws of recognition for an animal&#8217;s visual system&#8217;<sub>1b<\/sub>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Slide45-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Slide45-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10043\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Slide45-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Slide45-1-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0615 With the situation-level of&nbsp;<em>the loquens interscope<\/em>&nbsp;filled, it is easy to say that the same level contains a specifying sign-interpretant (SI<sub>s<\/sub>) and sign-object (SO<sub>s<\/sub>).&nbsp;&nbsp;The specifying sign-vehicle corresponds to the content-level actuality<sub>2a<\/sub>(SV<sub>s<\/sub>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Slide46-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Slide46-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10044\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Slide46-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Slide46-1-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0616 The question arises, &#8220;Does this make sense?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, it makes sense when the appearance of the eyes of an owl<sub>2bf<\/sub>&nbsp;(SV<sub>e<\/sub>) stands for a primary&#8230; or is it secondary?&#8230; model<sub>2c<\/sub>&nbsp;of a looming predator<sub>2c<\/sub>&nbsp;(SO<sub>e<\/sub>) in regards to a biosemiotic language<sub>3c<\/sub>&nbsp;based on &#8216;observations of the behavioral phenomena of small birds&#8217;<sub>1c<\/sub>. (SI<sub>e<\/sub>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0617 Ah, that statement constitutes the exemplar sign-relation, the sign-relation where a situation-level actuality<sub>2b<\/sub>&nbsp;is contextualized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Slide47-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Slide47-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10045\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Slide47-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Slide47-1-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0618 The question again is, &#8220;Who am I?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Am I&nbsp;<em>a small bird<\/em>&nbsp;whose ancestors have learned to immediately evade the appearance of a looming figure with two large eyes?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or am I&nbsp;<em>the human who acknowledges that small birds evade the moth when it opens its wings?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0619 Are humans supposed to know&nbsp;<em>the experiences of small birds<\/em>&nbsp;that well?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What do their cultural traditions say?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0620 This counter-intuitive example stands at&nbsp;<em>the heart of the biosemiotic project,<\/em>&nbsp;as discussed in&nbsp;<em>Biosemiotics as Noumenon<\/em>&nbsp;<em>(Parts 1-4)<\/em>&nbsp;by Razie Mah, available at smashwords and other e-book venues (as well as Razie Mah&#8217;s serial blogs from January through June, 2024).&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If&nbsp;<em>the behavior<\/em>&nbsp;is innate for&nbsp;<em>small birds,<\/em>&nbsp;then&nbsp;<em>human recognition of the bird&#8217;s sign-system<\/em>&nbsp;is also&nbsp;<em>innate<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>0611 This examiner sets aside the remainder of the interview under examination, in order to address a possible solution to the last question, while relying on the discipline of biosemiotics. 0612 Am I&nbsp;the owl whose face appears on the wings of a moth? 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