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The chapter&#8217;s full title is &#8220;Self-Reinforcing Cycles and Mistakes: The Emergence of Subjective Meaning&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0697 Hmmm, I wonder, &#8220;Does the structure of the chapter&#8217;s title offer an example of a self-reinforcing cycle and a mistake?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After all, the topic is&nbsp;<em>the emergence of subjective meaning<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The proposed mechanism for the emergence is&nbsp;<em>self-reinforcing cycles and mistakes<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0698&nbsp;<em>Putting the mechanism before the subject<\/em>&nbsp;is like putting&nbsp;<em>a cart before the donkey<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;The cart contains the mechanism.&nbsp;&nbsp;The donkey represents the emergent being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This reminds me of the way that modern scientists are all about mechanistic and mathematical models (the cart).&nbsp;&nbsp;They disregard the noumenon (the donkey).&nbsp;&nbsp;They go so far as to say that the cart should take the place of the donkey.&nbsp;&nbsp;But, who ever heard of a cart that pulls itself?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0699 As far as&nbsp;<em>the category-based nested form pictured below<\/em>&nbsp;goes.&nbsp;&nbsp;The donkey goes with agent<sub>3<\/sub>.&nbsp;&nbsp;The cart associates to semiotic agency<sub>2<\/sub>.&nbsp;&nbsp;The donkey<sub>3<\/sub>&nbsp;contextualizes the cart<sub>2<\/sub>.&nbsp;&nbsp;The donkey<sub>3<\/sub>&nbsp;brings the cart<sub>2<\/sub>&nbsp;into relation with the potential of &#8216;final causality&#8217;<sub>1<\/sub>, which does not appear in the title.&nbsp;&nbsp;Or does it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Slide206-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Slide206-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8963\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Slide206-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Slide206-1-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0700 The chapter&#8217;s title contains the terms &#8220;self-reinforcing cycles and mistakes&#8221;.&nbsp;&nbsp;These go with actuality, just like the cart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The chapter&#8217;s title contains the term &#8220;subjective meaning&#8221;.&nbsp;&nbsp;I suppose that this goes with the normal context<sub>3<\/sub>, just like the donkey.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0701 Okay, what about the word, &#8220;emergence&#8221;, where does that fit in?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Uh-oh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0702 Let me step back and ask myself, &#8220;How could a cart reveal the donkey as a normal context, rather than an actuality?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How could self-reinforcing cycles and mistakes reveal subjective meaning as a normal context, rather than an actuality?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0703 Hmmm.&nbsp;&nbsp;I suppose some adjustments are in order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emergence<sub>3<\/sub>&nbsp;must be the normal context that brings the actuality of the dyad,&nbsp;<em>donkey [pulls] cart<sub>2<\/sub>,<\/em>&nbsp;into relation with well&#8230; the potentials that historically puts the donkey and the cart together<sub>1<\/sub>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Now, there&#8217;s&nbsp;<em>an empedoclement<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, emergence<sub>3<\/sub>&nbsp;must be the normal context that brings the actuality of the dyad,&nbsp;<em>subject [experiences] meaning<sub>2<\/sub>,<\/em>&nbsp;into relation with the potentials of &#8216;self-reinforcing cycles and mistakes&#8217;<sub>1<\/sub>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Ah, that suggests&nbsp;<em>opportunities for empedoclements to happen<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0704 Usually, mistakes are impediments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Occasionally, a mistake will be an empedoclement, which is the inverse of an impediment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On top of that, some empedoclements seem (after the fact) to be inevitable.&nbsp;&nbsp;During the Uruk period of southern Mesopotamia, the donkey is domesticated for long-distance trade.&nbsp;&nbsp;The wheel is invented to make pottery.&nbsp;&nbsp;In retrospect, the actuality of&nbsp;<em>donkey [pulls] cart<sub>2<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;seems destined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0704 Now, all that I need to do is to realize that subjective meaning<sub>2<\/sub>&nbsp;is an actuality.&nbsp;&nbsp;Actuality<sub>2<\/sub>&nbsp;is dyadic.&nbsp;&nbsp;So, subjective meaning<sub>2<\/sub>&nbsp;can be rendered as a dyad, consisting of two contiguous real elements.&nbsp;&nbsp;The two real elements?&nbsp;&nbsp;I suppose they must be&nbsp;<em>the subject<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>the experience<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;After all, both are real.&nbsp;&nbsp;That leaves [meaning] as the contiguity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the following figure,&nbsp;<em>the lower category-based nested form<\/em>&nbsp;parallels&nbsp;<em>the upper<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Slide208.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Slide208.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Slide208.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Slide208-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0705 Okay, by analogy, the title of &#8220;Self-Reinforcing Cycles and Mistakes: The Emergence of Subjective Meaning&#8221; reminds me of an anthropological story about the invention of the donkey pulled cart during the Uruk archaeological period of southern Mesopotamia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0706 Having concluded my examination of the author&#8217;s prowess is synthesizing titles, I proceed directly to the conclusion (section 15.8), where the author makes three points (and maybe, one more) by way of summary (S, T U and maybe, V).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0707 First (S), NeoDarwinism may be a factor in evolution.&nbsp;&nbsp;But, it is not the only one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On one hand, tell that to a modern biologist and watch the listener&#8217;s body-language say, &#8220;Oh no, am I talking to one of those intelligent design advocates?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, if I say, &#8220;Neodarwinism does not take triadic relations in account.&nbsp;&nbsp;If it did, then biological evolution would have to be called &#8216;mysterious&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, the modern biologist might think, &#8220;Oh worse! 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