{"id":6721,"date":"2023-10-30T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=6721"},"modified":"2023-05-27T12:08:05","modified_gmt":"2023-05-27T12:08:05","slug":"how-are-humans-semiotic-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=6721","title":{"rendered":"Looking at John Deely&#8217;s Book (2010) &#8220;Semiotic Animal&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0(Part 1 of 22)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>0001 The full title of Deely&#8217;s book is&nbsp;<em>Semiotic Animal: A Postmodern Definition of &#8220;Human Being&#8221; Transcending Patriarchy and Feminism: to supersede the ancient and medieval &#8216;animal rationale&#8217; along with the modern &#8216;res cogitans&#8217;<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;The book is published in 2010 by St. Augustine&#8217;s Press in South Bend, Indiana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John Deely (1942-2017 AD) starts as&nbsp;<em>a Thomist interested in Heidegger<\/em>&nbsp;and becomes a semiotician.&nbsp;&nbsp;He becomes a really, really good promoter of&nbsp;<em>the study of signs<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;He writes a history of philosophy from the point of view of the revelation&#8230; or, is it discovery?.. that&nbsp;<em>the sign<\/em>&nbsp;is&nbsp;<em>a triadic relation<\/em>. For years, he teaches at University of Saint Thomas, Houston.&nbsp;&nbsp;He retires, moves to Latrobe, Pennsylvania, home of St. Vincent&#8217;s College, then dies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This examination is to be read in parallel with or after reading (and writing&nbsp;<em>marginalia<\/em>) in Deely&#8217;s book.&nbsp;&nbsp;My argument may run like a dog on a long leash, compared to Deely&#8217;s argument.&nbsp;&nbsp;But, there is reason for the analogy.&nbsp;&nbsp;Thirteen years have passed since publication and five years since Deely&#8217;s burial, and&nbsp;<em>the Age of Triadic Relations<\/em>&nbsp;continues to manifest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Semiotics is the study of signs.&nbsp;&nbsp;A sign is a triadic relation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0002 Chapter one considers&nbsp;<em>a question that we ask ourselves<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Humans,&nbsp;<em>what type of animals<\/em>&nbsp;are they?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chapter two addresses&nbsp;<em>the answer<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0003 Modern philosophy starts (more or less) when Rene Descartes (1596-1650 AD) presents a sensation, as an idea and an image where&nbsp;<em>the object of experience<\/em>&nbsp;directs&nbsp;<em>a construct of the mind<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Consequently, he regards humans as&nbsp;<em>thinking things<\/em>&#8230; or&nbsp;<em>the owners of thinking things<\/em>&nbsp;(minds)&#8230; or something like that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In terms of Peirce&#8217;s philosophy, there are&nbsp;<em>two contiguous actualities,<\/em>&nbsp;characteristic of&nbsp;<em>the category of secondness<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;They are&nbsp;<em>an object of experience<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>a construct of the mind<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;The contiguity (which, for nomenclature, is placed in brackets) is &#8220;directs&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a picture of Descartes&#8217; dyadic actuality.&nbsp;&nbsp;In Latin, the title is &#8220;<em>res cogitans<\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Slide01-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Slide01-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Slide01-3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Slide01-3-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 01<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0005 As already noted,&nbsp;<em>this hylomorphic structure<\/em>&nbsp;is coherent with&nbsp;<em>Peirce&#8217;s category of secondness<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;The actuality corresponds to a sensation. Sensation exhibits a dyadic character.&nbsp;&nbsp;Sensation is like&nbsp;<em>cause [and] effect<\/em>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<em>matter [substantiating] form<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is&nbsp;<em>an implicit claim<\/em>&nbsp;that this dyad describes&nbsp;<em>the way humans think<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plus, a superior claim (not realized until Charles Peirce (1839-1914 AD) wrote about it) may be asserted.&nbsp;&nbsp;Humans think in terms of triadic relations, such a signs, mediations, judgments and category-based nested forms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Say what?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See&nbsp;<em>A Primer on the Category-Based Nested Form<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>A Primer on Sensible and Social Construction,<\/em>&nbsp;by Razie Mah, available at smashwords and other e-book venues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0006 With the superior claim in mind, it is no surprise that when later philosophers build epistemologies upon Descartes&#8217; foundation, they end up shifting Descartes&#8217; terms out of&nbsp;<em>secondness, the realm of actuality,<\/em>&nbsp;and into&nbsp;<em>thirdness, the realm of normal contexts,<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>firstness, the realm of possibility<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a category-based nested form that sort of captures<em>&nbsp;Kant&#8217;s epistemology<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Slide02-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Slide02-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Slide02-3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Slide02-3-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 02<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The normal context of the mind<sub>3<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;brings&nbsp;<em>the actuality of an object of experience<sub>2<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;into relation with&nbsp;<em>the potential of a particular condition<sub>1<\/sub><\/em>. What is that condition?&nbsp;<em>The thing itself [cannot be objectified as] what one sees, hears, smells, tastes or touches<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0007 So,&nbsp;<em>the experience of the five senses<sub>2<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;becomes&nbsp;<em>an object<sub>2<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;as it simultaneously is contextualized by&nbsp;<em>the mind<sub>3<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;and arises from&nbsp;<em>the potential of a particular condition<sub>1<\/sub><\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Plus,&nbsp;<em>the particular condition<sub>1<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;is that&nbsp;<em>the object of experience cannot be the thing itself<sub>1<\/sub><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It sort of like saying that&nbsp;<em>my image in a mirror<\/em>&nbsp;is not&nbsp;<em>me<\/em>, even though&nbsp;<em>I<\/em>&nbsp;appear to be&nbsp;<em>the object of experience<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0008 Welcome to modern&#8230; philosophy?&#8230; er&#8230; science?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Positivist&#8217;s judgment formalizes the quasi-Kantian category-based nested form by thirdly, replacing the mind<sub>3<\/sub>&nbsp;with&nbsp;<em>a positivist intellect<sub>3<\/sub><\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;The positivist intellect<sub>3<\/sub>&nbsp;rules out metaphysics.&nbsp;&nbsp;Secondly, the object of experience<sub>2<\/sub>&nbsp;is replaced by&nbsp;<em>an empirio-schematic judgment<sub>2<\/sub>,<\/em>&nbsp;where&nbsp;<em>disciplinary language<\/em>&nbsp;(relation) brings&nbsp;<em>observations and measurements<\/em>&nbsp;of phenomena (what is) into relation with&nbsp;<em>mathematical or mechanical models<\/em>&nbsp;(what ought to be).&nbsp;&nbsp;Firstly,&nbsp;<em>the thing itself<\/em>and&nbsp;<em>what one senses<sub>1<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;are replaced by Latin terms,&nbsp;<em>the noumenon<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>its phenomena<sub>1<\/sub><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a diagram of&nbsp;<em>the Positivist&#8217;s judgment<\/em>&nbsp;as a category-based nested form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Slide03-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Slide03-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Slide03-3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Slide03-3-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 03<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0009&nbsp;<em>The implications of the conversion of Descartes&#8217; dyadic formula for sensation to a modern quasi-Kantian nested form for how humans think<\/em>&nbsp;are most curious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It seems that&nbsp;<em>the construct of the mind<\/em>&nbsp;weaves a normal context<sub>3<\/sub>&nbsp;and potential<sub>1<\/sub>, sort of like a spider spinning a web in the hope of catching a flying insect.&nbsp;&nbsp;The metaphorical flying insect, is an experience<sub>2<\/sub>&nbsp;that immediately becomes an object<sub>2<\/sub>as the manifestation of the realness of the normal context<sub>3<\/sub>&nbsp;and potential<sub>1<\/sub>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Plus, the object<sub>2<\/sub>&nbsp;is inside of the observer and the thing itself<sub>1<\/sub>&nbsp;remains (potentially) on the outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similarly, for the Positivist&#8217;s judgment, the scientist weaves&nbsp;<em>the normal context of the positivist intellect<sub>3<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;with&nbsp;<em>the potential that phenomena<sub>1<\/sub>&nbsp;may be the observable and measurable facets of a noumenon<sub>1<\/sub>,<\/em>&nbsp;then waits for&nbsp;<em>observations and measurements<\/em>&nbsp;(what is) to reveal&nbsp;<em>patterns that can be modeled<\/em>&nbsp;(what ought to be) and discussed with&nbsp;<em>disciplinary precision<\/em>&nbsp;(relation between what is and what ought to be)<sub>2<\/sub>.&nbsp;&nbsp;One of the oldest adages in science says, &#8220;First, observe phenomena.&nbsp;&nbsp;Second, explain them.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0010 What a curious implication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is almost as if&nbsp;<em>the construct of the mind<\/em>&nbsp;is looking for an actuality<sub>2<\/sub>&nbsp;that fits&nbsp;<em>its ideals<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;And when it does, it transforms whatever enters the realm of actuality, such as an experience<sub>2<\/sub>&nbsp;or a measurement<sub>2<\/sub>, into an object<sub>2<\/sub>&nbsp;or an empirio-schematic judgment<sub>2<\/sub>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>0001 The full title of Deely&#8217;s book is&nbsp;Semiotic Animal: A Postmodern Definition of &#8220;Human Being&#8221; Transcending Patriarchy and Feminism: to supersede the ancient and medieval &#8216;animal rationale&#8217; along with the modern &#8216;res cogitans&#8217;.&nbsp;&nbsp;The book is published in 2010 by St. Augustine&#8217;s Press in South Bend, Indiana. 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