[musings]
one formulation of meaning is priors overlaying perception, expectations of experience (informed by memories and stories)
Conversation
Replying to
a doorhandle, through interaction with it (or watching interaction), becomes associated with sounds, function, intentionality: gains meaning
1
1
Replying to
all these associations are insights: insights connect concepts and in doing this load them with meaning
insight and meaning are integrated
1
1
Show replies
hopefully - I have a razor for avoiding such tarpits but it's still informal
I'm unsure if one can be "right" about meaning
Quote Tweet
[musings]
There is meaning in mystery; A unifying theory of meaning that explained it would destroy it by trivializing the mysterious
theology was actually the one point I was most wary to include, at its best it's simply philosophy with some weird priors
1
Replying to
a scientistic position would be to attack and reduce overmeaning wherever it is, but there's utility in sacrality
RCC?
it's a great framework when you're trying to find out what something means for a theory of yours, otherwise yes, agree
no, as a synonym for sacred meaning (sorry, that definition got compressed out)
that's what I mean with "utility in sacrality" - sth may not be strictly correct but can provide motivation/inspiration