acteristics
&gt; &gt; that we can be sure whether another encounter is with "the same" or "a
similar" entity.
&gt;
&gt; ### a most enlightening definition I must say.
&gt; But in it, and in fact in all of the above,
&gt; who are these "we" and "I" who do the
&gt; recognizing and identifying ...

Robert,

Myself, I usually call such an agent
by any one of the following names:
Interpreter (I), Observer (O),
Interpretant Observer (IO),
Observant Interpreter (OI),
at time, neologistically,
the Interrupreter.

F