Expressive conduct is understood directly, original to perception, not by analogy

Evidence

Thus it is not necessary to resort to habit or reason by analogy in order to explain how we understand expressive conduct. This conduct is originally released to perception as understandable; its meaning is part of its being just as the color of the paper is part of the being of the paper. It is therefore no more necessary to refer to other conduct in order to understand a particular conduct than to refer to the color of the table, or of another paper or of foliage in order to perceive the color of the folio which is placed before me. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 905

Categorization

• DEFINE: The meaning of a gesture is constitutive of its being, like color to a paper — no inference needed.
• XREF: Sartre effects a Gestalt-like reversal similar to Wittgenstein’s rejection of private language and inner ostension. — connects to: Physical expressiveness precedes language as the negative that generates it; Authentic sound reproduction is judged by perceptual identity, not signal fidelity — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 1793; Nonverbal communication can convey a message more clearly than speech — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 95

Broader Connections

• Physical expressiveness precedes language as the negative that generates it #expands (0.75)
• Nonverbal communication can convey a message more clearly than speech #expands (0.75) — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 95
• Authentic sound reproduction is judged by perceptual identity, not signal fidelity #exemplifies (0.70) — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 1793