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Figure 11. Fruit found on the Detroit River I.
If we just take the photo in Figure 11 per se, as it is (as we see it prima
facie), without or before any verbal explanation, and not knowing anything
about possible context(s), the photo could be framed in many ways. As, for
example:
(1) introducing/showing a peculiarly looking fruit;
(2) preparing a snack (or some other kind of meal);
(3) showing/presenting a new knife;
(4) showing/presenting an efficient/robust/… knife;
(5) showing the protective gloves, or how do protective gloves look
like/how we use them;
(6) warning that one should wear protective gloves when using a
knife (demonstrating safety procedures), etc.
But Groarke does disambiguate the photo rather quickly with the fol-
lowing explanation (all emphases throughout the text that will follow are
mine):
Consider a debate spurred by an unusual fruit I discovered dur-
ing a kayak ride on the Detroit River. When my description
(‘nothing I recognize; a bumpy, yellow skin’) initiated a debate
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Figure 11. Fruit found on the Detroit River I.
If we just take the photo in Figure 11 per se, as it is (as we see it prima
facie), without or before any verbal explanation, and not knowing anything
about possible context(s), the photo could be framed in many ways. As, for
example:
(1) introducing/showing a peculiarly looking fruit;
(2) preparing a snack (or some other kind of meal);
(3) showing/presenting a new knife;
(4) showing/presenting an efficient/robust/… knife;
(5) showing the protective gloves, or how do protective gloves look
like/how we use them;
(6) warning that one should wear protective gloves when using a
knife (demonstrating safety procedures), etc.
But Groarke does disambiguate the photo rather quickly with the fol-
lowing explanation (all emphases throughout the text that will follow are
mine):
Consider a debate spurred by an unusual fruit I discovered dur-
ing a kayak ride on the Detroit River. When my description
(‘nothing I recognize; a bumpy, yellow skin’) initiated a debate
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