Entities or Objects
Let any letter, word, or phrase represent an entity or object, eg. "A", "X", "computer", "snail", etc.
Cognizing Entities
Let some letters represent cognizing entities, who create a world thru embodying a world. Eg. I, U.
Impression
Let a set of parentheses represent an "impression" - a dynamic pattern of thinking about a given subject which comes before language, before description. By putting you in parentheses, I create you for myself. Only cognizing entities have impressions.
I(U
reads "I's impression of U" or rather, "my impression of you."
An impression can change from moment to moment, & must.
If I haven't yet considered my impression of you, I can ask myself:
I(U)?
"What is my impression of you?"
By posing this question & attempting to answer it, I can dramatically alter I(U) thru a recursive feedback process.
Description
Let a set of square brackets represent a "description" - a performance of a representation, given in some language, & once given, fixed in time. A new description may be added to th old, & th old may be declared obsolete, but a description, once given, remains.
I[U
"my description of you (at a given time/place, in a given medium)."
Descriptions do not "contain" meaning - they get their meaning thru impressions of cognizing entities. Tho th content of a description cannot be changed, my impression of it can, & must. Indeed, I have access to an understanding of a description only thru an impression:
I(I[U
"My impression of my description of you."
Altho on some level, we can both encounter th same description (hear th same story, watch th same song & dance, etc), we cannot possibly have th same impression of it:
I(I[U does not equal U(I[U
"My impression of my description of you does not equal your impression of my description of you."
Relationship
Let a set of curlique brackets represent a "relationship" between two or more (cognizing) entities or objects.
{I,U
reads "the/a relationship between I & U" or simply "our relationship".
I have access to an understanding of a relationship only thru an impression:
I({I,U
"My impression of our relationship."
Primacy of Impressions
I cannot know directly anything other than my own impression of an entity, object, or relationship. All meaningful terms, for me, must start with I(.
Thus I cannot know (for example):
- U - "you"
- I - "me"
- U(I - "your impression of me"
- U({I,U - "your impression of our relationship"
- U(U - "your self-impression"
- U[{I,U - "your description of our relationship"
- U[U - "your self-description"
- U[I - "your description of me"
- {I,U - "our relationship"
- I[U - "my description of you"
- I[I - "my self-description"
- I[{I,U - "my description of our relationship"
But I can know my impression of each of th above:
- I(U - "my impression of you"
- I(I - "my self-impression"
- I(U(I - "my impression of your impression of me"
- I(U({I,U - "my impression of your impression of our relationship"
- I(U(U - "my impression of your self-impression"
- I(U[I,U - "my impression of your description of our relationship"
- I(U[U - "my impression of your self-description"
- I(U[I - "my impression of your description of me"
- I({I,U - "my impression of our relationship"
- I(I[U - "my impression of my description of you"
- I(I[I - "my impression of my self-description"
- I(I[{I,U - "my impression of my description of our relationship"
Knowing What I Don't Know
This model may prove useful in pointing at th limits of our understanding.
For instance, I know from th rules so far that I cannot know:
{I,U - "our relationship"
U({I,U - "your impression of our relationship"
But I can know:
I({I,U - "my impression of our relationship"
I(U({I,U - "my impression of your impression of our relationship"
So, I can now ask myself th following question:
I({I({I,U}),I(U({I,U}))?
my impression of
th relationship between
my impression of our relationship
&
my impression of your impression of our relationship
?
&, having given that some thought, I can attempt to describe that impression with:
I[I({I({I,U}),I(U({I,U
my impression of
th relationship between
my impression of our relationship
&
my impression of your impression of our relationship
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