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Interpretation of signs in intelligence analysis

interpretation of signs in intelligence analysis- GS Intelligence analysis  - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Intelligence _ analysis ‎ Wikipedia Devlin [14]  observes that while traditional logical work does not consider socialization, work on extending logic into the real world of intelligence requires it. "The first thing to note, and this is crucial, is that the process by which an agent attaches meaning to a symbol always takes place in a context, indeed generally several contexts, and is always dependent on those contexts. An analytic study of the way that people interpret symbols comes down to an investigation of the mechanism captured by the diagram: [agent] + [symbol] + [context] +. . . + [context] → [interpretation] Things that are true about contexts include: Contexts are pervasive Contexts are primary Contexts perpetuate Contexts proliferate Contexts are potentially pernicious The discipline of  critical d