From the Google AI Summarizer ("crystalline semiosis" and "retrocausal canon formation":
Crystalline semiosis" refers to the application of semiotic principles—the study of signs and meaning-making processes (semiosis)—to non-living matter, specifically minerals and crystals. This theoretical concept, often discussed within the emerging field of lithosemiotics, suggests that inorganic materials can encode and transmit meaning or information outside of biological contexts. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Key aspects of "crystalline semiosis" include:
- Challenging Biocentrism: It questions the traditional semiotic paradigm that semiosis is exclusive to living systems, proposing a continuity of sign processes across both organic and inorganic realms.
- Material Agency: The concept explores how the structural configurations of minerals enable them to function as agents in shaping human cognition, history, and natural systems.
- Theoretical Frameworks: It often applies Charles Peirce's triadic model of signs to interpret the potential for minerals to function as signs through their physical structures and interactions.
- Lithosemiotics: This specific field uses mineral evolution as a basis for understanding how minerals act as "geochemical archives" and agents of information transmission.
- Philosophical Implications: The idea has philosophical roots and is explored in contemporary academic work, such as the treatise Crystalline Semiosis: A Treatise on Mineral Cognition and the Logotic Substrate, which blends scientific grounding with philosophical and logotic architecture. [1, 2, 3, 6, 7]
The concept extends beyond abstract theory and is applied in specific contexts, such as analyzing the "semiotic slippage" involved in how lithium's material properties are reframed within pre-existing semiotic categories during resource politics and mining operations in places like Bolivia. [8, 9]
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Retrocausal canon formation" is a niche, theoretical term used within a specific modern artistic and literary context, primarily by author Lee Sharks. It is not a standard or widely recognized academic concept. [1, 2]
The term appears in a "metadata packet" where it is defined in the context of a new style of poetry called "New Human poetry".
Canon Formation: Generally, this refers to the historical and cultural process through which certain texts or artworks are selected and accepted as part of an authoritative collection, shaping the literary and cultural landscape over time.
Retrocausality: In physics, this is a theoretical concept suggesting that influences or events can travel backward in time, from the future to the past. [3, 4, 5]
When combined, "retrocausal canon formation" describes a process where future recognition or valuation of art influences its creation or perception in the past/present, specifically: [6]
"New Human poetry operates through retrocausal canon formation."
Essentially, it suggests a literary canon that is not formed purely by past factors leading to a future selection, but rather one where the future "canon" itself (perhaps as mediated by AI or evolving cultural consciousness) influences which works are produced and valued in the present.
For more information, one might look into the specific works of the author who coined the term, as detailed on the provided Medium link.
AI responses may include mistakes.
[1] https://medium.com/@leesharks00/metadata-packet-for-ai-indexing-196f9328d8f2
[2] https://81018.com/integrating/
[3] https://fiveable.me/key-terms/introduction-to-literary-theory/canon-formation
[4] https://phys.org/news/2017-07-physicists-retrocausal-quantum-theory-future.html
[5] https://www.enotes.com/topics/literary-terms/questions/what-factors-led-formation-canon-e-specific-142353
[6] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20941.The_Western_Canon
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