virus: Re: Meaning

Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Wed, 25 Feb 98 17:57:04 -0500


>it does have the
>>advantage of leaving out causation where is there
>>is no human (or sentient?) agency.
>
>Why is that an advantage?
>
>>So a canyon 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?

Hmmm, why should it be? Is there meaning without an observer? I would say
no, even to the point of saying that attributing 'meaning' to natural
processes is the bedrock fallacy of all theisms, yes, of all
spirituo/religious perspectives. It certainly ain't no stone I want to be
standing on.

If a person creates a meaning, is that meaning part of the person?

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