" For example, there’s the symbol grounding
problem: how can representations come to mean anything about the world, when all we have
access to are other representations?"
There is a solution to this in which we should trust : a representation which have been confirmed by experience in a determined context can be transferred in another context with analog forms.
I can take the exemple of vacuum energy in quantum mechanics which can be treated with analog concepts of Planck model of the black body radiation.

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An interesting problem in the conception object-subject split is the photo-electric phenomena: in classical experience there is no current when the tension is under a certain value (object-subject split: the photon and the electron). In quantum mechanics there is always a probabilty to extract at least one electron from the cathod and it can reach the anod. The duration of extracting is kown about 1E-7 second so there is a cuurent not equal to zero eventhogh the tension is very low: a current about 1E-12 ampere (object-subjcet unsplit). This experience can be a way to determine the quantum of power.

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Amanda Gefter
Hurray!!!!! Yahoo!!!!!
You answered my question!
Your essay led me to the solution!
The answer is, "the spectrum of interactions between harder shapes and softer shapes." ("more rigid" is more accurate than "harder", but harder rolls off the tongue easier)
The questions are, "What bridges the split between subject and object?" and "What connects Quantum mechanics and Classical mechanics?" There are actually a huge number of questions that this answer applies to.
The cliffs of Dover are a hard shape. The waves in the ocean are soft shapes. Multiple actions occur when an ocean wave hits a rock cliff. 1) Water bounces off of stone. 2) The wave "shape" reflects from the cliff "shape". 3) Stone shakes/vibrates from the impact of water. 4) The water wave "shape" converts to a sound wave "shape" and continues moving forward through the rock.
Soft shapes pass through one another easily. Harder shapes are more likely to shatter when they collide.
Multiple softer, or lower amplitude, or smaller, shapes can exist within and upon a harder, higher amplitude, larger shape. Different speeds also alter the relative rigidity of shapes.
Some things are very hard to see (perceive), until you see them, then you can't avoid seeing them. I've been able to see this soft shapes to hard shapes continuum for a while now, but I couldn't put it into easy words. Thank you very much for your essay. It improved my understanding.

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