ning with a state of uncertainty,
a problem or a surprise, a state that can be expressed in a sign of sorts,
but typically a very confused, obscure, uncertain, or unsettling sign of
the situation that incites the inquiry in question.  In this connection,
I invoke once again the following schema, which describes a series of
increasingly complex sign relations.  What we want to get at sooner
or later is the kind of sign relation that is capable of embodying
a sign encounter of the third kind, to wit, an &quot