The meaning of meaning, indeed! I agree that the behaviourist
position is unsatisfying, but the effects of perception on a
perceiving system begs the question: what is a perceiving system?
For me, a perceiving system is one with which we might empathize.
That, for me, is the crucial difference
There is a lot of concept overloading in the community involving the term
meaning. So it would help me if you and Antony could just give a one sentence
definition of the term. For example, for me:
meaning = the behavior that is the product of apprehending a sign.
Which is an extreme
This is an interesting question. What is the meaning of meaning? I would
define as something like the affects of perception on a perceiving system.
Once a system has been affected it might change its behavior, but I would
hesitate to equate a behavioral response directly to the meaning of a
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There is a lot of concept overloading in the community involving the term
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