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==6. Reflective Interpretive Frameworks==

==6. Reflective Interpretive Frameworks==

{Fragment or Revision?} The rest of this Section, continuing the discussion of formalization in terms of concrete examples and extending over the next 50 Subsections, details the construction of a ''reflective interpretive framework'' (RIF).  This is a special type of sign-theoretic setting, illustrated in the present case as based on the sign relations <math>A\!</math> and <math>B\!</math>, but intended more generally to constitute a fully developed environment of objective and interpretive resources, in the likes of which an &ldquo;inquiry into inquiry&rdquo; can reasonably be expected to find its home.{/Fragment or Revision?}

We continue the discussion of formalization in terms of concrete examples and detail the construction of a ''reflective interpretive framework'' (RIF).  This is a special type of sign-theoretic setting, illustrated in the present case by building on the sign relations <math>L(A)\!</math> and <math>L(B),\!</math> but intended more generally to form a fully-developed environment of objective and interpretive resources, in the likes of which an &ldquo;inquiry into inquiry&rdquo; can reasonably be expected to find its home. We begin by presenting an outline of the developments ahead, working through the motivation, construction, and application of a RIF that is broad enough to mediate the dialogue of the interpreters <math>A\!</math> and <math>B.\!</math>  The first fifteen Sections (&sect;&sect;&nbsp;1&ndash;15) deal with a selection of preliminary topics and techniques that are involved in approaching the construction of a RIF.  The topics of these sections are described in greater detail below.

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The first section (S 1) takes up the phenomenology of reflection.  The next three sections (§§ 2 4) are allotted to surveying the site of the planned construction, presenting it from three different points of view.  An introductory discussion (S 2) presents the main ideas that lead up to the genesis of a RIF.  These ideas are treated at first acquaintance in an informal manner, located within a broader cultural context, and put in relation to the ways that intelligent agents can come to develop characterictic belief systems and communal perspectives on the world.  The next section (S 3) points out a specialized mechanism that serves to make inobvious types of observation of a reflective character.  The last section (S 4) takes steps to formalize the concepts of a "point of view" (POV) and a "point of development" (POD).  These ideas characterize the outlooks, perspectives, world views, and other systems of belief, knowledge, or opinion that are employed by agents of inquiry, with especial regard to the ways that these outlooks develop over time.

The first section (S 1) takes up the phenomenology of reflection.  The next three sections (§§ 2 4) are allotted to surveying the site of the planned construction, presenting it from three different points of view.  An introductory discussion (S 2) presents the main ideas that lead up to the genesis of a RIF.  These ideas are treated at first acquaintance in an informal manner, located within a broader cultural context, and put in relation to the ways that intelligent agents can come to develop characterictic belief systems and communal perspectives on the world.  The next section (S 3) points out a specialized mechanism that serves to make inobvious types of observation of a reflective character.  The last section (S 4) takes steps to formalize the concepts of a "point of view" (POV) and a "point of development" (POD).  These ideas characterize the outlooks, perspectives, world views, and other systems of belief, knowledge, or opinion that are employed by agents of inquiry, with especial regard to the ways that these outlooks develop over time.