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For the sake of shortening future references to the chief object of the present inquiry and the initial sign of its potential existence, let the acronym “TIS” be equiferent to the phrase “the intended state”, and let the italic tag ''“TIE”'' be equiferent to the title ''“The Initial Equation”''.  Further, let the connotations be so arranged that “TIS” is semiotically equivalent to “the intended state” and ''“TIE”'' is semiotically equivalent to ''“The Initial Equation”''.  It is important to note that a set of signs can be equiferent among themselves in the wholly vacuous sense that all of them have no objective reference, and, strictly speaking of what they denote, that all of them refer to nothing at all, whereas a set of signs that are equivalent in the properly semiotic sense still have each other as their connotations.

For the sake of shortening future references to the chief object of the present inquiry and the initial sign of its potential existence, let the acronym "TIS" be equiferent to the phrase "the intended state", and let the italic tag "TIE" be equiferent to the title "The Initial Equation".  Further, let the connotations be so arranged that "TIS" is semiotically equivalent to "the intended state" and "TIE" is semiotically equivalent to "The Initial Equation".  It is important to note that a set of signs can be equiferent among themselves in the wholly vacuous sense that all of them have no objective reference, and, strictly speaking of what they denote, that all of them refer to nothing at all, whereas a set of signs that are equivalent in the properly semiotic sense still have each other as their connotations.

There is a feature of this style of abbreviation that is useful to call attention to.  Rather than letting the acronym "TIS" strictly denote the phrase "the intended state" and instead of letting the tag "TIE" strictly denote the title "The Initial Equation", I am merely asking the reader to arrange in behalf of the interpretation a "semiotic partition" (SEP), along with its corresponding "semiotic equivalence relation" (SER), in which a particular pair of "semiotic equivalence classes" (SEC's) serve to stake out a couple of parts, that is, to represent mutually exclusive classes of signs that denote their respective objects in parallel.  This situation is depicted in Table 26.

There is a feature of this style of abbreviation to which it is useful to call attention.  Rather than letting the acronym “TIS” strictly denote the phrase “the intended state” and instead of letting the tag ''“TIE”'' strictly denote the title ''“The Initial Equation”'', I am merely asking the reader to arrange in behalf of the interpretation a ''semiotic partition'' (SEP), along with its corresponding ''semiotic equivalence relation'' (SER), in which a particular pair of ''semiotic equivalence classes'' (SECs) serve to stake out a couple of parts, that is, to represent mutually exclusive classes of signs that denote their respective objects in parallel.  This situation is depicted in Table 26.

Table 26.  Semiotic Partition Implied by the ACE of Q

Table 26.  Semiotic Partition Implied by the ACE of Q

Object SEC

Object SEC

the intended state {"the intended state", "TIS"}

the intended state {"the intended state", "TIS"}

The Initial Equation {"The Initial Equation", "TIE"}

The Initial Equation {"The Initial Equation", "TIE"}

The hunter lo'es the morning sun,

The hunter lo'es the morning sun,

To rouse the mountain deer, my jo,

To rouse the mountain deer, my jo,