[Wittrs] Re: My Chinese Encyclopedia: The Red Chicken Footnote
- From: "College Dropout John O'Connor" <sixminuteabs@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: wittrsamr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:57:42 -0400
I wrote:
"Meaning" is a nonsense word.
You wrote:
Exactly!
It may turn out that meanings are natural kinds associated with sophisticated
nervous systems!
I write:
Can you elaborate?
You wrote:
So, one can't necessarily tie "meaning" to transcendental idealism as if such
idealism were a definitional given.
I write:
Ah, I have sort of fallen out of discussing 'philosophical archetypes'. No
need to to explain, but a decent context might help.
You wrote:
So how many Wittgensteinians does it take to convert a nonWittgensteinian to
Catholicism? It takes just one but don't tell her.
There's a joke somewhere in that but don't bother wasting time on it.
I write:
No need to elaborate here; I did chuckle, albeit Catholicism would not be my
choice word. (W says plenty on religion)
--
He lived a wonderful life.
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