{"id":9938,"date":"2025-12-05T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=9938"},"modified":"2025-10-09T15:36:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T15:36:41","slug":"looking-at-igor-pilshchikov-and-mikhail-trunins-article-2016-the-tartu-moscow-school-of-semiotics-part-22-of-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=9938","title":{"rendered":"Looking at Igor Pilshchikov and Mikhail Trunin&#8217;s Article (2016) &#8220;The Tartu-Moscow School of Semiotics&#8221; (Part 22 of 27)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>0276 Why do I mention this post-truth business?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the 1950s until 1989, Juri Lotman (1922-1993) is a professor in a Soviet Socialist academic system.&nbsp;&nbsp;He does not cross&nbsp;<em>the line<\/em>&nbsp;while&#8230; at the same time&#8230; tunnels&nbsp;<em>a way under the line that cannot be crossed<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, it is funny to describe&nbsp;<em>academic tunneling,<\/em>&nbsp;but the further that Lotman digs into&nbsp;<em>a scientific explanation for human conditions,<\/em>&nbsp;the closer Lotman gets to popping up on&nbsp;<em>the other side of the Marxist line<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0277 Here is&nbsp;<em>a picture of the tunnel<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Slide64.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Slide64.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9939\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Slide64.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Slide64-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0278 If structuralism is a thing, then its matter is semiology and its form is aesthetics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why is that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recognition of structure&#8230; of a system&#8230; is aesthetic.&nbsp;&nbsp;This is how humans work, in&nbsp;<em>our current Lebenswelt<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;We recognize structure<sub>3b<\/sub>&nbsp;and apply a label<sub>1b<\/sub>.&nbsp;&nbsp;That label is validated when it gets applied over and over again to similar structures.&nbsp;&nbsp;For example, every literary text<sub>2bf<\/sub>&nbsp;is different.&nbsp;&nbsp;However, every literary text belongs to a genre<sub>3b<\/sub>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0279 The tunnel?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Aesthetics as form<\/em>&nbsp;entangles&nbsp;<em>cultural studies as matter<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The thing part of this confounding<\/em>&nbsp;is&nbsp;<em>the topic of sections one and two of the article<\/em>&nbsp;(1 and 2).&nbsp;&nbsp;At this point, reviewing&nbsp;<em>the first two sections of the article under examination<\/em>&nbsp;may prove valuable.&nbsp;&nbsp;This examination adds value to the authors&#8217; text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0280 Lotman starts as a traditional literary historian, working in Moscow, the hub of a centralized empire that purports to embody Marxist theory.&nbsp;&nbsp;Authorities are hell bent on changing material arrangements.&nbsp;&nbsp;They anticipate changes in the human condition, according to their Marxist overlay of&nbsp;<em>civilizational history itself<\/em>&nbsp;(the model overlaying the noumenon).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0281 Lotman becomes a literary structuralist (1960s), leading the Tartu-Moscow School of Semiotics (er&#8230; Semiology) and initiating the University of Tartu Summer School.&nbsp;&nbsp;During this time, the School produces a remarkable&nbsp;<em>langue<\/em>(three-level interscope) that culminates in the&nbsp;<em>parole<\/em>&nbsp;of a semiological<sub>3a<\/sub>&nbsp;structuralist<sub>3b<\/sub>&nbsp;model<sub>2c<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0282 The examiner has already derived&nbsp;<em>the following diagram of the fundament interscope<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Slide65.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Slide65.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Slide65.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Slide65-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0283 Theoretically (A),&nbsp;<em>the perspective-level actuality<sub>2c<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;should serve as&nbsp;<em>a science-friendly model<\/em>&nbsp;that can overlay&nbsp;<em>the noumenon of literature within the Slavic civilization<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, that does not occur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead, the so-called &#8220;Prague Spring&#8221;, nudges (B)&nbsp;<em>the network of researchers<\/em>&nbsp;(who are increasingly touching base with Lotman, whose voluminous correspondences currently reside at the Lotman Archives in Estonia) towards&nbsp;<em>a different opportunity<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0284 What do I mean by that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, let me discuss the &#8220;should&#8221; (A).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note how the three-level interscope depicted above is sustained by&nbsp;<em>a Saussurean<sub>3a<\/sub>&nbsp;content-level actuality<sub>2a<\/sub>,<\/em>&nbsp;arising from&nbsp;<em>the potential of &#8216;the signifier and the signified&#8217;<sub>1a<\/sub><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Slide66.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Slide66.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Slide66.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Slide66-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0285&nbsp;<em>The actuality<sub>2a<\/sub>&nbsp;itself<\/em>&nbsp;exhibits&nbsp;<em>material causation<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;That means that the substance,&nbsp;<em>an arbitrary relation,<\/em>&nbsp;is real.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, this makes no sense, because how can&nbsp;<em>an arbitrary relation<\/em>&nbsp;be adaptive?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Okay, that is another story.&nbsp;&nbsp;See Razie Mah&#8217;s e-book,&nbsp;<em>The First Singularity and Its Fairy Tale Trace<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0286&nbsp;<em>The normal context<sub>3a<\/sub>&nbsp;and the actuality<sub>3af<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;involves&nbsp;<em>formal causes<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Surely, if&nbsp;<em>parole<sub>2af<\/sub>&nbsp;<\/em>manifests as a system of differences, then&nbsp;<em>langue<sub>2am<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;must as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0287&nbsp;<em>Efficient causes<\/em>&nbsp;couple&nbsp;<em>actuality<sub>2a<\/sub>&nbsp;and potential<sub>1a<\/sub><\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>The potential<sub>1a<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;reminds me of&nbsp;<em>the potential that underlies language<sub>2am<\/sub>&nbsp;on the content-level of the derivative interscope<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Meaning<sub>1a<\/sub>?&nbsp;&nbsp;What is it<sub>1a<\/sub>?&nbsp;&nbsp;Well, it must involve&nbsp;<em>the interplay between signified and signifier<sub>1a<\/sub>&nbsp;in the human mind<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0288 Here, I can harken back to&nbsp;<em>human evolutionary history,<\/em>&nbsp;by claiming that this interplay differs between implicit and explicit abstraction.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Implicit abstraction<\/em>&nbsp;is the sole province of hand- and hand-speech talk, belonging to&nbsp;<em>the Lebenswelt that we evolved in<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Explicit abstraction<\/em>&nbsp;is an opportunity available for speech-alone talk, belonging to&nbsp;<em>our current Lebenswelt<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The actualization of langue<sub>2am<\/sub>&nbsp;and parole<sub>2af<\/sub>&nbsp;from the potential of &#8216;signified [&amp;] signifier&#8217;<sub>1a<\/sub>&nbsp;serves as an example of explicit abstraction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See Razie Mah&#8217;s e-book,&nbsp;<em>A Primer on Implicit and Explicit Abstraction,<\/em>&nbsp;available at smashwords and other e-book venues.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0289 Doesn&#8217;t this claim sound like a huge research project?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0290&nbsp;<em>Efficient causes<\/em>&nbsp;work in alignment with&nbsp;<em>final causation<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consider the following category-based nested form: A mechanical decoding and encoding process<sub>3a<\/sub>&nbsp;brings the actuality of {neural networks corresponding to three-level interscopes&nbsp;<em>(langue<sub>2am<\/sub>)<\/em>&nbsp;substantiating vocal utterances&nbsp;<em>(parole<sub>2af<\/sub>)<\/em>} into relation with the potential of positive and negative feedback loops<sub>1a<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0291 Compare&nbsp;<em>the efficient causalities<\/em>&nbsp;involved in&nbsp;<em>the actuality<sub>2a<\/sub>,<\/em>&nbsp;{neural network<sub>2am<\/sub>&nbsp;[substantiates] vocal utterance<sub>2af<\/sub>}, emerging from and situating&nbsp;<em>the potential<sub>1a<\/sub>&nbsp;of the final causalities inherent in the following two statements<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The signifier<sub>1a<\/sub>&nbsp;associates to&nbsp;<em>parole<sub>2af<\/sub><\/em>,&nbsp;<em>the spoken word<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The signified<sub>1a<\/sub>&nbsp;goes with&nbsp;<em>langue<sub>2am<\/sub>,<\/em>&nbsp;which turns out to be&nbsp;<em>a purely relational structure,<\/em>&nbsp;such as&nbsp;<em>a three-level interscope<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0292 On the semiological or content level,&nbsp;<em>langue<sub>2am<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;is like an impression<sub>2am<\/sub>&nbsp;that substantiates a&nbsp;<em>parole<sub>2af<\/sub>,<\/em>&nbsp;a spoken word<sub>2af<\/sub>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Consequently, the fundament interscope is founded in the same way that a person generates a written text.&nbsp;&nbsp;One must take a pen and inscribe the spoken word<sub>2af<\/sub>.&nbsp;&nbsp;So, the semiological level goes with&nbsp;<em>what I think<sub>2am<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>what I say<sub>2af<\/sub>&#8230;<\/em>&nbsp;er&#8230;&nbsp;<em>write<sub>2af<\/sub><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0293 On the structural or situation level,&nbsp;<em>inscription<sub>2a<\/sub><\/em><sub>f<\/sub>&nbsp;has the potential of following (and thus revealing) the laws of a semiological system<sub>1b<\/sub>&nbsp;(or &#8220;genre<sub>3b<\/sub>&#8220;).&nbsp;&nbsp;Language<sub>2bm<\/sub>&nbsp;[substantiates] a literary text<sub>2bf<\/sub>&nbsp;(a new signifier, one worth showing to others).&nbsp;&nbsp;So, the structural level recapitulates&nbsp;<em>what I say<sub>2af<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;as&nbsp;<em>a literary text<sub>2bf<\/sub><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0294&nbsp;<em>The words in my literary text<sub>2b<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;carry&nbsp;<em>the potential to be regarded as phenomena of the text as a noumenon<sub>1c<\/sub><\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;This potential<sub>1c<\/sub>&nbsp;introduces&nbsp;<em>the unfolded empirio-schematic judgment<\/em>&nbsp;as&nbsp;<em>the perspective level of the fundament interscope<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0295 Overall, this is&nbsp;<em>what took place and would have continued uninterrupted<\/em>&nbsp;(A), if it were not for the so-called &#8220;Prague spring&#8221; (B).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>0276 Why do I mention this post-truth business? 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Of course, it is funny to describe&nbsp;academic tunneling,&nbsp;but the further that Lotman digs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[418],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-review"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Looking at Igor Pilshchikov and Mikhail Trunin&#039;s Article (2016) &quot;The Tartu-Moscow School of Semiotics&quot; (Part 22 of 27) - An Archaeology of the Fall<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=9938\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Looking at Igor Pilshchikov and Mikhail Trunin&#039;s Article (2016) &quot;The Tartu-Moscow School of Semiotics&quot; (Part 22 of 27) - An Archaeology of the Fall\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"0276 Why do I mention this post-truth business? 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