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=====1.3.3.5.  A Formal Approach=====

=====1.3.3.5.  A Formal Approach=====

I plan to approach the issue of formalization from a slightly different angle, proceeding through an analysis of the medium of interpretation and developing an effective conception of ''interpretive frameworks'' or ''interpretive systems''.  This concept refers to any organized system of interpretive practice, ranging from those used in everyday speech, to the ones that inform technical discourse, to the kinds of completely formalized symbol systems that one can safely regard as mathematical objects.  Depending on the degree of objectification that it possesses from one's point of view, the same system of conduct can be variously described as an interpretive framework (IF), interpretive system (IS), interpretive object (IO), or object system (OS).  These terms are merely suggestive - no rigid form of classification is intended.

I plan to approach the issue of formalization from a slightly different angle, proceeding through an analysis of the medium of interpretation and developing an effective conception of ''interpretive frameworks'' or ''interpretive systems''.  This concept refers to any organized system of interpretive practice, ranging from those used in everyday speech, to the ones that inform technical discourse, to the kinds of completely formalized symbol systems that one can safely regard as mathematical objects.  Depending on the degree of objectification that it possesses from one's point of view, the same system of conduct can be variously described as an interpretive framework (IF), interpretive system (IS), interpretive object (IO), or object system (OS).  These terms are merely suggestive — no rigid form of classification is intended.

Many times, it is convenient to personify the interpretive organization as if it were embodied in the actions of a typical user of the framework or a substantive agent of the system.  I will call this agent the ''interpreter'' of the moment.  At other times, it may be necessary to analyze the action of interpretation more carefully.  At these times, it is important to remember that this form of personification is itself a figure of speech, one that has no meaning outside a fairly flexible interpretive framework.  Thus, the term ''interpreter'' can be a cipher analogous to the terms ''X'', ''unknown'', or ''to whom it may concern'' appearing in a system of potentially recursive constraints.  As such, it serves in the role of an indeterminate symbol, in the end to be solved for a fitting value, but in the mean time conveying an appearance of knowledge in a place where very little is known about the subject itself.

Many times, it is convenient to personify the interpretive organization as if it were embodied in the actions of a typical user of the framework or a substantive agent of the system.  I will call this agent the ''interpreter'' of the moment.  At other times, it may be necessary to analyze the action of interpretation more carefully.  At these times, it is important to remember that this form of personification is itself a figure of speech, one that has no meaning outside a fairly flexible interpretive framework.  Thus, the term ''interpreter'' can be a cipher analogous to the terms ''X'', ''unknown'', or ''to whom it may concern'' appearing in a system of potentially recursive constraints.  As such, it serves in the role of an indeterminate symbol, in the end to be solved for a fitting value, but in the mean time conveying an appearance of knowledge in a place where very little is known about the subject itself.