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0174 Do you know where I am going with this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do I know where I am going with this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ah, the question!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Does Sharov and Tonnessen’s noumenal overlay<\/em> satisfy the three principles listed in point 0152?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I examine the first item.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First (P), limit agents to things that are accessible to observation and measurements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other words, for biosemiotics, limit phenomena to the noumenal items portrayed in green.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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0175 What about the second admonition (Q) in point 0152?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do not explain agency by any hypothesized substances or forces other than those already known to modern natural science, social sciences and humanities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This suggestion is pictured in blue in the above figure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0176 Of course, the term, “substances”, needs clarification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Razie Mah, the term, “substance”, may be used to label the contiguity between the real elements of matter and form<\/em>.  By extension, Aristotle’s hylomorphe<\/em> is an exemplar for Peirce’s category of secondness<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The problem is that the word, “substance”, can be applied to all sorts of crazy notions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, biosemioticians take note.  Sharov and Tonnessen’s noumenal overlay<\/em> suggests that substances<\/em> need to be explained by biosemiotic models.  Substances are not explanations.  They are contiguities that need to be explained<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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0177 The third please-do in point 0152 (R) says, “Do not link agency with unproven, speculative physical effects such as subatomic quantum factors, extra dimensions in space, and so on.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both authors work as editors in the fledgling field of biosemiotics.  Imagine the manuscripts that they have received.  How does one explain triadic sign-relations in terms of dyadic cause and effect?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here, I wonder.  Are these diagrams equivalent to subatomic quantum factors, extra dimensions in space, and so on? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Obviously not, physical factors do not cause purely relational beings.  Physical factors may be drawn into a triadic relation.  And, that makes it difficult to tell which is more real.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Physics or metaphysics?What is the nature of reality?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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0174 Do you know where I am going with this? Do I know where I am going with this? Ah, the question! Does Sharov and Tonnessen’s noumenal overlay satisfy the three principles listed in point 0152? I examine the first item. First (P), limit agents to things that are accessible to observation and measurements. 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