[Wittrs] Re: The Meaning of Knowing Meanings

  • From: Gordon Swobe <gts_2000@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: wittrsamr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 12:58:00 -0700 (PDT)

--- On Tue, 4/13/10, SWM <wittrsamr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> ...when I read the words on this screen I am not seeing the meaning 
> but the only the symbols -- symbols which have meaning for me 
> BECAUSE I recognize their configurations (shapes). 

No, the symbols you see do not have meaning to you by virtue of your 
recognition of their shapes. Rather, they have meanings to you and you 
recognize their shapes. 

You could recognize the shapes without knowing the meanings. 


-gts



      
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