O4


representational inquiry regarding meaning » intelligibility

vesica

discursive disclosing of intelligibility

arcs

openness to/ horizon of intelligibility

Each node in the O-phase combines a mode of experiencing/attending with a relationship between experiencer and experienced. The modes of experiencing/attending disclose different relationships between experiencer and experienced. The relationships plus the mode of attending constitute different modes of intelligibility—namely, subjectivity, activity, and objectivity. Together, the discursive activity of running between subjective, active, and objective attending opens within reality a domain of intelligibility, disclosing reality as meaningful/experiential. This intelligible realm is represented by the egg symbol/diagram, and the vesica formed at the intersection of overlapping spheres represents how this disclosure relies on the overlapping of different modes of intelligibility. The modes of intelligibility aren't mutually exclusive but are always mixed together even as they tend toward different types of experience and knowledge.