Re: Meaning (was Re: virus: New Virus Page)

David McFadzean (david@lucifer.com)
Wed, 25 Feb 1998 15:29:54 -0700


At 07:05 PM 2/25/98 +0000, Robin Faichney wrote:

>I don't know about that, but here's one that covers
>all these: meaning is use in a particular context.
>Which was (the later) Wittgenstein's view.

I see Wittgenstein's view as a (compatible) subset of my own.

>I don't think W's take is necessarily better just
>because it covers all 3, but it does have the
>advantage of leaving out causation where is there
>is no human (or sentient?) agency. So a canyon

Why is that an advantage?

>is not a "meaning" of a river.

If a river creates a canyon you don't think the canyon is part
of the river's meaning?

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