representational inquiry regarding meaning
Please see the intro. slides for an overview of how this Project addresses the question of meaning (at least with respect to meaning's structure).
Shapes are used diagrammatically and symbolically and can take on different meanings when colored. Below are what the shapes signify without color.
| symbol | description | referent |
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center-line axis | experiencer-experiencing-experienced |
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cone pointing down/ opening up | experiencer, being-thrown-under |
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torus | experiencing, being-thrown-back-and-forth (dialogue, reciprocity, hermeneutic circle) |
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cone pointing up/ opening down | experienced, being-thrown-before (in front of, in the way of) |
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egg from arcs of unfolding tree | openness to/ horizon of intelligibility |
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vesica from intersecting spheres | discursive disclosing of intelligibility |
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cone pointing right/ opening left | subjective |
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cone pointing left/ opening right | objective |
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sphere; cone opening away (centered) | experiencing, attending; active |
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l'arbre de rien (tree) | actual (self/world) engagement; meaning-making |
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disk/horizontal plane (edge view) | concrete conditions (all) |
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disk in network (top view) | particular concrete conditions |
The colors used by this Project are the colors of light, having additive color properties such that white light contains the spectrum.
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colors | primary referents | select additional associations | Maslow's needs | |
| white | (all) | unhidden, revealed, disclosed | |||
| magenta | self+world | psychological+physiological | non-duality, flow, transition between levels; skill | transcendence | |
| blue | self | psychological | liberty, self-control, authenticity, will, character; focus | self-actualization | |
| cyan | dynamic+self | sociological+psychological | recognition, empathy; acquaintance | esteem | |
| green | dynamic | sociological | community, reciprocity, sharing, making common; rhythm | love/belonging | |
| yellow | world+dynamic | physiological+sociological | security, stability, reliability; assertion | safety/security | |
| red | world | physiological | materiality, physicality; holism | physiological | |
| black | (none) | hidden, concealed, closed off | |||
