Faan

Faan is referenced as the FAE of The Syntactic Faculty at the Concent of Saunt Muncoster shortly after the Reconstitution. In current discussions she is treated as a leading voice for the Procian, syntactic line of thought.

Philosophy and Positions

• Faan is presented as holding that Aboutness (semantic content) does not truly exist; rather, it is an illusion that can be generated by sufficiently advanced syntactic devices ("syndevs").
• This places her in the Procian tradition centered on Saunt Proc and contrasts with the stance associated with Saunt Halikaarn, which affirms that thoughts can possess real semantic content over and above computation, often framed with reference to the Hylaean Theoric World.

Affiliations and Context

• Role: FAE of the Syntactic Faculty (post-Reconstitution) at the Concent of Saunt Muncoster.
• Alignment: Procian/syntactic outlook.
• Usage: In conversation, adherents to this outlook may be informally referred to as "Faanians", paralleling "Procians".

Notes

• No biographical details (such as dates, order membership beyond faculty leadership, or origin) are given in the current account.
• The term "Aboutness" and related debates are active topics among avout; Faan is invoked as a touchstone for the syntactic side of that debate.