Re: virus: Meaning, A Solution

Tim Rhodes (proftim@speakeasy.org)
Sat, 28 Feb 1998 20:38:24 -0800


Deron Stewart <deron@direct.ca> writes:

> It was the realization that there is no intrinsic meaning that resolved
it
> for me -- that meaning is a relationship of the form:
>
> The meaning of ______ to _______.
>
> So, the phrase "the meaning of Mendel's life" is incomplete and thus
> subject to ambiguity.

[snip]

> So, David's questions above translated in my mind into the question: What

> kinds of things can be receivers of meaning?
>
> (For example, is "future generations" a true receiver of meaning, or is
it
> just a sloppy way of saying "the sum total of the meaning to all
> individuals making up future generations"?)

Very well said. Thanks, Deron.

-Prof. Tim