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Can the Sun Lie? An Inquiry into the Epistemological Conditions of Atmospheric Reading
Gyeyeon Park, Sung Do Kim
EPISTÉMÈ 2026;39:7.   Published online September 30, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.38119/cacs.2026.39.7
The sky has long been read, and the climate crisis has renewed the need to read it. Today, changes in the atmosphere cannot be grasped simply by looking up at the sky; we encounter them through processes of observation, recording, classification, and interpretation. Yet the processes through which such readings are produced often recede behind their results. This study addresses this problem through the concept of environmental legibility, which refers to the process by which atmospheric change becomes perceptible and readable. Drawing on Derrida’s grammatology and on Ingold’s and Böhme’s accounts of atmospheric perception, the study distinguishes two dimensions of inscription. Material-atmospheric inscription refers to physical changes that register as perceptible or measurable differences. Discursive-technical inscription refers to the human and technical practices through which such differences are recorded, classified, and calculated. The legibility of the sky emerges through the interplay of these two dimensions. This interplay is examined through Susan Schuppli’s Can the Sun Lie? (2014) and Trevor Paglen’s CLOUD series (2019). Schuppli foregrounds how atmospheric difference becomes evidence, while Paglen makes visible how visual differences are selected as algorithmic features. Together, the two works show how the sky becomes legible and how the conditions of its reading recede behind the result.
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Grammatology in the Era of Digital Writing
Hidetaka Ishida
EPISTÉMÈ 2025;33:4.   Published online March 31, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.38119/cacs.2025.33.4

This paper investigates Jacques Derrida's notion of grammatology in the context of contemporary digital writing technologies. It critically reassesses Ferdinand de Saussure’s linguistics and his concept of phonocentrism, underscoring phonography’s underestimated role in shaping the epistemological foundations of linguistics. Introducing original concepts such as the "logographic hiatus" and "grammatological polyphony," the paper challenges the limitations inherent in alphabetic linearity, particularly through the analysis of logographic writing systems like Chinese. Drawing on recent advancements in cognitive neuroscience, notably Stanislas Dehaene’s Neuronal Recycling Hypothesis, the paper proposes a neuro-grammatological framework. It argues that the human brain repurposes pre-existing neural circuits for reading, aligning visual symbols with ecological and neurological constraints. Further, the study addresses Derrida’s concept of "Mondialatinisation," examining the implicit cultural hegemony perpetuated through Latin-alphabet-based digital input methods (e.g., Romaji, Pinyin). This critical analysis highlights the subtle yet profound epistemological and cultural implications of imposing phonocentric and alphabetic models on traditionally logographic languages. Finally, the paper underscores the unresolved civilizational tensions emerging from the digital transformation of writing, emphasizing the urgent need for interdisciplinary dialogue bridging linguistics, semiotics, neuroscience, and cultural studies

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