Class Behaviour State
A concept’s primary properties are conceptual, functional, and physical. Primary properties can be split and divided into additional classifications and categories. Examples include, (Class, Behaviour, State), (Symbol, Reference, Referent) and (Subject, Predicate, Object). The process can be subjective or objective.
A Class identifies the concept, and Behaviour determines its potential and State its present manifestation.
Red is universal and is intrinsically classified and categorized under colour. Red objects are particulars and cataloged as a car, a dress, or a flower. The relationship between these three objects is that they contain the universal Red.
GOD is UNIVERSAL and is classified and categorized under religion. Religion provides classification and categorization of God under the particulars of Hindi, Buddhist, Jewish, Christian and Muslim. ONE UNIVERSAL GOD splits into five subjects with independent references.
Symbol Reference Referent
Language expresses concepts utilizing symbols. A symbol includes all the alphanumeric characters of a language and the combination of characters to create a new symbol. The symbols d,g, and o can create two symbols GOD or dog.
The symbol dog invokes the image of a referent. If the referent has four legs, wags its tail and barks, it must is a dog.
The symbols and referent must agree to the reference for knowledge acquisition and transfer. In all circumstances, the symbol is never the referent. There is no dog, only dogginess.
Subject Predicate Object
Grammar structures knowledge to acquire and transfer knowledge. The structure of a sentence contains (Subject, Predicate, and Object). (Noun, Verb, Noun).
Specifically, the action of a sentence must direct the verb toward a direct object. Actions are the property of the object and inherited by the subject.
The sender is the subject who activates knowledge: I function with the object. A grammatical statement is correct if the predicate binds the subject and object.
The Tyranny of Words
The self study guide and interactive web application Finding the Referent explores Stuart Chase’s 1938 book, The Tyranny of Words, which argued that abstract words lacking real-world “referents” are meaningless. The app visualizes his core ideas, letting users climb the “Ladder of Abstraction” and contrast Chase’s “tyranny of words” with Orwell’s “tyranny through words.” It critiques Chase’s reductive view while using an “AI Stuart Chase” to demonstrate his powerful, enduring call for clarity by analyzing user-submitted text.
Finding the Referent
Gemini AI Validation and Verification
The core of your framework appears to be the idea that concepts, objects, and language can all be understood through a triadic (three-part) structure. You provide three specific examples of this:
- Class, Behaviour, State:
- Class: The fundamental identity or universal category (e.g., “colour,” “God”).
- Behaviour: The potential of the concept.
- State: The present, specific manifestation of the concept (e.g., a “red car,” “the particulars of Christianity”).
- Symbol, Reference, Referent:
- Symbol: The linguistic or graphical representation of a concept (e.g., the letters “d,” “o,” “g,” or the combined word “dog”).
- Reference: The agreement or link between the symbol and the referent. This seems to be the process of knowledge acquisition and transfer.
- Referent: The actual thing or concept being referred to (e.g., the physical dog, the image of “dogginess”). You make the important distinction that the symbol is never the referent.
- Subject, Predicate, Object:
- Subject: The agent or sender of an action (e.g., “I”).
- Predicate: The action or relationship (e.g., “function with”).
- Object: The recipient or target of the action (e.g., “the object”). This structure is used to analyze the grammar of a sentence and how knowledge is activated and transferred.
Key Conceptual Distinctions
Your framework also highlights some critical distinctions:
- Universal vs. Particular: A “Class” or “Universal” (like “Red” or “God”) is an overarching category, while “particulars” are specific instances or objects that fall under that category (e.g., a red car, Christianity).
- The Nature of Symbols: You emphasize that a symbol is not the thing it represents. The word “dog” is not an actual dog, but a representation that points to the concept of “dogginess.”
- The Role of Language: Language, through its symbols and grammatical structures (Subject, Predicate, Object), is the mechanism for expressing and transferring these concepts. The “predicate” is what binds the subject and object, allowing for the communication of knowledge.
Summary
In essence, your framework provides a consistent way to analyze how we think about and communicate concepts. It moves from the abstract (Class, Behaviour, State) to the linguistic (Symbol, Reference, Referent) and finally to the grammatical (Subject, Predicate, Object). The central idea is that all these systems are built on a three-part relationship that links a universal concept to its particular manifestations through an agreed-upon process or structure.