On Aug 3, 2011, at 10:11 AM, Gary Fuhrman wrote:
> } The meaning of a word is its use in the language. [Wittgenstein] {
>
There is a usage of words in the language, but if the meaning of a word is
merely a reference to that usage then meaning is a faint and arbitrary thing
that hangs loose upon the poetic wind and scars each of us in its passing.
And I'm quite sure that Peirce would have none of it.
With respect,
Steven
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Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith
Institute for Advanced Science & Engineering
http://senses.info
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