{"id":7855,"date":"2024-07-23T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=7855"},"modified":"2024-06-24T19:11:44","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T19:11:44","slug":"looking-at-steve-fullers-book-2020-a-players-guide-to-the-post-truth-condition-part-8-of-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=7855","title":{"rendered":"Looking at Steve Fuller&#8217;s Book (2020) &#8220;A Player&#8217;s Guide to the Post-Truth Condition&#8221; (Part 8 of 26)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>0068 Chapter four is wonderful.&nbsp;&nbsp;Fuller&#8217;s prose carries the reader on a rollercoaster of ideas, where each sudden twist and change of direction leaves unexplored territory.&nbsp;&nbsp;I wonder, &#8220;What would Fuller say, had he not fashioned a turn at that particular moment?&#8221;&nbsp;&nbsp;Further exploration is suspended.&nbsp;&nbsp;But, I retain a snapshot of the Count Saint-Simon turn, and it looks like this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Slide14.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Slide14.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Slide14.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Slide14-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>How do capitalist and socialist ones<sub>3c<\/sub>&nbsp;exclude one another?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each dwells within its own questionable box.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inside its respective box, each conjures its own expertise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0069 On the cover of Fuller&#8217;s small paperback, a drawing of the head of a rabbit (or is it a duck?) appears.&nbsp;&nbsp;Well, if I see the drawing as a rabbit, then the figure is a rabbit.&nbsp;&nbsp;If I see the drawing as a duck, then the figure is a duck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taking the word, &#8220;value<sub>2b<\/sub>&#8220;, in the preceding figure, as the drawing, then the normal contexts of market<sub>3b<\/sub>&nbsp;and order<sub>3b<\/sub>&nbsp;are like gestalt recognitions for their respective potentials, price<sub>1b<\/sub>&nbsp;(which, to me, is like a rabbit) and righteousness<sub>1b<\/sub>&nbsp;(which, to me, is like a duck).&nbsp;&nbsp;And if&nbsp;<em>what is inside the questionable box<\/em>&nbsp;changes, so does&nbsp;<em>the box<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0070 Does that mean that the forty-year conflict,&nbsp;<em>The Third Battle Among The Enlightenment Gods, The Cold War Between Materialist Ideologies (1945-1989 AD)<\/em>&nbsp;can be reduced to a contest between&nbsp;<em>The Packaging of the Rabbit<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>The Packaging of the Duck?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to&nbsp;<em>the nature of gestalts,<\/em>&nbsp;opportunity<sub>1c<\/sub>&nbsp;resides in fixating on one or the other party, because that leads to&nbsp;<em>an actionable judgment<sub>2c<\/sub>,<\/em>&nbsp;which is&nbsp;<em>the very definition of success<sub>2c<\/sub>&nbsp;to the relativist one<sub>3c<\/sub>,<\/em>&nbsp;who really does not care whether it carries the banner of the rabbit or the duck, as long as it<sub>3c<\/sub>&nbsp;is&nbsp;<em>the one who is in charge of actualizing the judgment<sub>2c<\/sub><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0071 At this point, I return to&nbsp;<em>the two elements that stand outside the questionable boxes of capitalism and socialism<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Success<sub>2c<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>diverse facts and claims<sub>2a<\/sub>&nbsp;<\/em>are&nbsp;<em>the two elements for capitalism<\/em>&nbsp;that are not built into&nbsp;<em>the box of questionability<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Slide15.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Slide15.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Slide15.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Slide15-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0072 In the capitalist game, success is capital<sub>2b<\/sub>&nbsp;defined, in the old fashioned way, as &#8220;money&#8221; (however one wants to define the word, &#8220;money&#8221;).&nbsp;&nbsp;That is not questionable, is it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those with money<sub>2c<\/sub>&nbsp;aim to use that money to obtain more money<sub>2c<\/sub>.&nbsp;&nbsp;In this regards, money<sub>2c<\/sub>&nbsp;defines the capitalist<sub>2c<\/sub>.&nbsp;&nbsp;On the crappy-player level, people ask, &#8220;What do I need to do to earn a living?&#8221;&nbsp;&nbsp;What is a living?&nbsp;&nbsp;Well, it is certainly not absolute devotion to money, that is for sure.&nbsp;&nbsp;Life is all about adventures and friends and romance and babies and growing old and dying nobly.&nbsp;&nbsp;How do you put a price on that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Can I sell you&nbsp;<em>simulated versions of these items?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0073 So, how am I supposed to make a living?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This question&nbsp;<\/em>does not concern&nbsp;<em>the elements that compose the questionable box<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;This question concerns&nbsp;<em>my participation in capitalism<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;I am within a post-truth game, trying to make my way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The employment of capital<sub>2c<\/sub>&nbsp;by those with capital<sub>2c<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;is like&nbsp;<em>an interventional sign-vehicle<\/em>&nbsp;(SV<sub>i<\/sub>) that cannot be directly witnessed by any scrappy player, except in so far as it manifests as action.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Action<\/em>&nbsp;implies that&nbsp;<em>a judgment has been made<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Look in&nbsp;<em>the want ads<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Look&nbsp;<em>what other people are doing<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;I hear that&nbsp;<em>someone<\/em>&nbsp;is hiring down&nbsp;<em>the street<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;To the scrappy player, that judgment<sub>2c<\/sub>&nbsp;stands for&nbsp;<em>a pursuit of success<sub>2a<\/sub>,<\/em>&nbsp;<em>a project<sub>2a<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<em>something to do<sub>2a<\/sub>,<\/em>&nbsp;that defines &#8220;success<sub>2a<\/sub>&#8221; as&nbsp;<em>getting ahead<\/em>&nbsp;(that is, making a good living) (SO<sub>i<\/sub>), according to&nbsp;<em>the intellect<sub>3a<\/sub>&nbsp;operating on the will<sub>1a<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;(and remember that reason is the employment of intellect<sub>3a<\/sub>&nbsp;and will<sub>1a<\/sub>) (SI<sub>i<\/sub>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Slide16.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Slide16.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7858\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Slide16.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Slide16-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0074 Uh-oh.&nbsp;&nbsp;Am I suddenly talking about sign-relations?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A sign-vehicle (SV) stands for a sign-object (SO) in regards to a sign-interpretant (SI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The interventional sign-relation<\/em>&nbsp;is counterintuitive, to say&nbsp;<em>the least<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0075 The interventional sign vehicle (SV<sub>i<\/sub>) is an actionable judgment<sub>2c<\/sub>&nbsp;(capital is put into action) that stands for&nbsp;<em>opinions about what I need to do<sub>2a<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;(SO<sub>i<\/sub>) in regards to&nbsp;<em>the intellect<sub>3a<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;operating on&nbsp;<em>the will<sub>1a<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;(SI<sub>i<\/sub>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I may ask&nbsp;<em>the opinions of others<sub>2a<\/sub><\/em><sub>&nbsp;<\/sub>(SO<sub>i<\/sub>).&nbsp;&nbsp;I may have&nbsp;<em>my own opinions<sub>2a<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;(SO<sub>i<\/sub>).&nbsp;&nbsp;Furthermore, I can discern&nbsp;<em>the intellects<sub>3a<\/sub>&nbsp;and wills<sub>1a<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;(SI<sub>i<\/sub>) of myself and those around me.&nbsp;&nbsp;But, I cannot actually see&nbsp;<em>the sign-vehicle<\/em>&nbsp;(SV<sub>i<\/sub>), because it<sub>2c<\/sub>resides on the perspective level. It is as if&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The interventional sign-vehicle<\/em>&nbsp;(SV<sub>i<\/sub>) dwells inside&nbsp;<em>someone&#8217;s head.<\/em>&nbsp;&nbsp;It is mind-dependent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, it<sub>2c<\/sub>&nbsp;(SV<sub>i<\/sub>) is mind-independent as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>A judgment<sub>2c<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;leads to actions (SV<sub>i<\/sub>), and because these actions become the source of various opinions, the interventional sign-object (SO<sub>i<\/sub>) comes into being through the working of people&#8217;s reason<sub>3a,1a<\/sub>&nbsp;(SI<sub>i<\/sub>).&nbsp;&nbsp;These opinions<sub>2a<\/sub>&nbsp;(SO<sub>i<\/sub>) are about&nbsp;<em>the possibility of &#8216;something happening&#8217;<sub>1a<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<em>the normal context of what is happening<sub>3a<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;(SI<sub>i<\/sub>).&nbsp;&nbsp;These opinions<sub>2a<\/sub>&nbsp;frame perceptions based on imagination working with the question, &#8220;What does this mean to me?&#8221;.&nbsp;&nbsp;And, sometimes, these opinions<sub>2a<\/sub>&nbsp;will weigh one&#8217;s impressions and one&#8217;s perceptions, while asking, &#8220;Does this make sense?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I suppose that this is the way that humans think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What is happening (SI<sub>i1<\/sub>)?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What does it mean to me (SI<sub>i2<\/sub>)?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Does this make sense (SI<sub>i3<\/sub>)?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0076 Overall,&nbsp;<em>the interventional sign-relation<\/em>&nbsp;is&nbsp;<em>the inverse of how a sign-relation ought to be<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For familiar sign-relations,&nbsp;<em>the sign-vehicle<\/em>&nbsp;is mind-independent and&nbsp;<em>its sign-object<\/em>&nbsp;is mind-dependent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is an example of a specifying sign-relation.&nbsp;&nbsp;The expert says that&nbsp;<em>opinions about what people think that they need to do<sub>2a<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;(SV<sub>s<\/sub>) stands for&nbsp;<em>value<sub>2b<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;(SO<sub>s<\/sub>) in regards to&nbsp;<em>the market<sub>3b<\/sub>&nbsp;operating on the potential of pricing<sub>1b<\/sub>&nbsp;<\/em>(SI<sub>s<\/sub>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0077 Here is&nbsp;<em>a picture of a capitalist expert&#8217;s specifying sign-relation<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Slide17.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Slide17.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Slide17.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Slide17-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Note how the specifying sign-vehicle (SV<sub>s<\/sub>) is mind-independent phenomena (<em>what people say<sub>2a<\/sub><\/em>) of a mind-dependent noumenon (SO<sub>i<\/sub>) (<em>what people think<sub>2a<\/sub><\/em>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>0068 Chapter four is wonderful.&nbsp;&nbsp;Fuller&#8217;s prose carries the reader on a rollercoaster of ideas, where each sudden twist and change of direction leaves unexplored territory.&nbsp;&nbsp;I wonder, &#8220;What would Fuller say, had he not fashioned a turn at that particular moment?&#8221;&nbsp;&nbsp;Further exploration is suspended.&nbsp;&nbsp;But, I retain a snapshot of the Count Saint-Simon turn, and it looks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[417],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-review"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Looking at Steve Fuller&#039;s Book (2020) &quot;A Player&#039;s Guide to the Post-Truth Condition&quot; 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