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Meaning: Differs from the reference object (reference). The object does not have to exist for an expression to have a meaning. Words are not related to objects in a one-to-one correspondence. There is an important distinction between word meaning and sentence meaning. See also use theory, sentence meaning, reference, truth, meaning theory.
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Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.

 
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Vilém Flusser on Meaning - Dictionary of Arguments

I 134
Meaning/Flusser: the apparent meaning of texts is based on "grammatical errors". The fact that the books that mediate begin to form walls is a sign that the information contained in the texts becomes unimaginable. It is a mistake to try to get an idea when reading texts.
>Text
, >Writing, >Understanding, >Imagination, >Signs, >Grammar, >Information.
I 135
Meaning/Fiction/Flusser: no argument can hide the fact that unimaginable texts mean nothing.
>Meaning, >Conceivability, >Sense, >Argumentation.
VsFlusser: there are many objections to that. For example, that "root 2" is unimaginable, but it is an enrichment of meaning.
>Numbers, >Irrational numbers.
FlusserVsVs: Misunderstanding: The image that one learns to make oneself of concepts is not the meaning that the concept means, but rather it gives it its meaning.
>Concepts, >Images.
I 165
Meaning/Image/Flusser: Photography from the telescope is an image that means the terms "star" and "astronomer", by making them conceivable.
>Photography.
It would therefore be wrong to believe that in an astronomy book the texts describe the images, on the contrary: the texts arise from the photos. I. e.: in such astronomical texts, technical images are used correctly.
>Terminology/Flusser, >Techno-images.
The problem of the telescope has not yet been solved, however: the telescope was made for observation purposes, i. e. it is based on the belief that stars exist independently of it, and at the same time it doubts this belief when used.
>Observation, >Reality, >World/Thinking, >Theory, >Measuring.

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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.

Fl I
V. Flusser
Kommunikologie Mannheim 1996


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