Re: Meaning (was Re: virus: New Virus Page)
Robin Faichney (robin@faichney.demon.co.uk)
Thu, 26 Feb 1998 18:33:20 +0000
In message <199802260140.RAA08080@eve.speakeasy.org>, Tim Rhodes
<proftim@speakeasy.org> writes
>
>David McFadzean writes:
>
>> If a river creates a canyon you don't think the canyon is part
>> of the river's meaning?
>
>Sounds periliously close to intentionality on the part of the river, if you
>ask me.
>
>`Meaning' is man made. It is not a property of things themselves.
Just in case it's not obvious, I'm with Tim
and Wade on this one.
--
Robin