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ANIL MITRA PHD, COPYRIGHT © 2001 AND February 2013 The following considerations arise in relation to the question, in Kinds of Knowledge, of the communication through a minimal external manifestation of a complex of inner states. They also relates to Wittgenstein’s argument regarding such communication Document Status: February 11, 2013 The essential idea is in Journey in Being No action necessary SURFACE AND DEPTH On the surface there is expression of what lies within – in the depth of the organism. The concept of surface vs. depth is an abstraction and a reification Expression: … is the surface correlate of depth, of inner phenomena … evokes depth, corresponding inner phenomena, in other organisms. This is possible due to structural similarity among organisms … dimensions of similarity include genetic cultural experiential … has modalities that converge in origins assertive, directive… … generalizes to language and communication … and crosses over into thought and its vehicles, and to knowledge e.g. iconic perception becomes a modality of imagination… and, then, thought How does this happen? What is the origin and differentiation of the modalities? Superficially: expression as representation Deeply: expression as the form of knowledge |