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1031 Have I avoided the author’s epistemological trap (section 8.2)?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Does what I am saying<\/em> (SVi<\/sub>) seem to support what I think <\/em>(SOe<\/sub>)?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least, to a disinterested observer<\/em> (SOi<\/sub>)?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1032 What<\/em> am I wrestling with?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is a picture, relying on a combination of elements from Sharov and Tonnessen’s noumenal overlay<\/em> and from the scholastic interscope for how humans think<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

1033 I now proceed by way of example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1034 I say to Daisy, “I guess that we are taking this duck home in order to see whether it lives.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My expression2c<\/sub><\/em> (SVi<\/sub>) stands for my intentions in making the statement2a<\/sub> to Daisy<\/em> (SOi<\/sub>) in regards to what is happening3a<\/sub><\/em> operating on the fact that ‘something’ has happened1a<\/sub><\/em> (SIi<\/sub>).  Daisy got what she wanted<\/em>.  The other dog did not.  And now, I am Daisy’s master and assigned to make sense of this disaster.  I suppose that is why humans make such good pack-leaders for these domesticated wolves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1035 I take off my waterproof jacket, toss inside down onto the ground, then place the still-breathing remains on the tarp2a<\/sub> (SVs<\/sub>).  The duck is not as heavy as I anticipated.  It is easy to carry home, even with Daisy on the leash and constantly wanting to check on it2b<\/sub> (SOs<\/sub>).  The duck is the “form” in “information2b<\/sub>” (SOs<\/sub>).  Its presence is contiguous with the… “in- “… of “information2b<\/sub>” (SVe<\/sub>).  Yes, I am in it2c<\/sub> (SOe<\/sub>) alright.  So, is Daisy and the ornamental duck who is seriously messed up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1036 Daisy suspects what I am going to do2c<\/sub><\/em> (SOe<\/sub>) because I did the same for her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her suspicions make information2b<\/sub> pertinent, because it2b<\/sub> is bound to be salient3c((1c))<\/sub> to our goal2c<\/sub>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1037 My written description of Daisy’s suspicions<\/em> runs right into section 8.3 titled, “The Observer, the Observed, and the Problem of Interpretation”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Would a biosemiotician say that he (or she) can observe and measure the sign-vehicles and the sign-objects in the following diagram?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

1038 Yes, the SVs<\/sub> and the SOs<\/sub> become phenomena once the biosemiotic noumenal overlay<\/em> is regarded as the thing itself<\/em>.  My particular episode may serve as a case study.  See any article in The Journal on the Care of Injured Ducks.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daisy is not cognizant that I plan (SVe<\/sub>) work up a case study to submit for publication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publish or perish!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1039 Is this where the author is taking this examiner?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes and no.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, there is an epistemic cut between an organism’s observed adaptive response<\/em> (SVi<\/sub>) and an observer describing the adaptive response in terms of sign-elements and claiming that an interpretation is plausible<\/em> (SOi<\/sub>).<\/em>  It seems as if what is plausible<\/em> (SOe<\/sub>) derives from a sign-object <\/em>(SOs<\/sub>) that all biological processes and entities have in common<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No, the epistemologist cries, “Cut!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1040 Then, members of the audience look around asking, “Who said that?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The heckler shouts, “I mean… cut between semiotic agency and the interventional sign-relation.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, the well-certified members<\/em> settle back in their chairs and cluck, “Yes, it is epistemic.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take a look at “yes” and see that the cut is incorrect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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