[Ian] A lot of "definition" is social - authoritatively documenting accepted meanings in usage. As well as creating a defintion for an intellectual reasoning purpose.
[Arlo] Looking at the MOQ's levels, and seeing the emergentist relationship among them, I'd say instead that "definition" arises out of collective social activity, yes, but they are intellectual patterns nonetheless. [Ian] Meaning is surely spread across all levels, like value. We could "define" particular forms of meaning, which could be associated with particular levels and contexts ? I'm not sure we can reserve the word "meaning" to mean any one of them alone. [Arlo] No, not "meaning" in the sense of "has value". "Meaning" in the sense of formalized abstract representation I would place within the domain of intellectual patterns. moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
