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Originally Posted by Bilal Hassan
Can Meaning be fixed?
1) Introduction
- a) Meaning: Possibility of everything having single Meaning
- b) Can things be known as one entity to all Humans?
- c) Thesis statement: It is not possible to fix the meaning.
2) Why it is not possible to fix the meaning of everything?
- a) Human perception of things varies from person to person (Subjective Idealism of Berkeley) (Half filled glass example)
- b) The appearance of things takes shape in mind and every mind is different
- c) Ambiguities of Language is a hurdle in fixing the meaning
- d) Different context creates different meanings
- e) Every person translates things according to his biases
- f) Things are always in evolution so attributing one meaning is difficult
3) Conclusion
- a) Neither things nor perceiving minds are constant and same
- b) It is not possible to fix the meaning.
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sir bilal, can you please post the out line of "the character of a nation can be judged on its symbolic narratives"
regards