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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._____________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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J. Weizenbaum on Meaning - Dictionary of Arguments
I 143 Meaning/Programming Language/Program/Computer/Weizenbaum: in a hierarchy of programming languages whose lowest level is machine language, a higher-level programming language is in reality a formal language. >Language, >Computer languages, >Computer programming, >Software, >Formal language, cf. >Ideal language. The meanings of expressions written in this language are defined (...) by their transformation rules, which in turn are embodied in the procedures they translate into assembler- and ultimately into machine language. For the meanings one would have to refer to the machine language (with the symbols 0 and 1) and finally to the machine itself. Then one would say: the program means what this machine does with this code. Problem: the translator (assembler) is itself a program that transforms the computer into a completely different machine. I 144 One could say that the distinctions between languages and their embodiments by machines disappear. >Robots. Programming language: can be understood as a machine itself, ultimately every formal language at a higher level is an abstract machine. >Abstraction, >Abstractness._____________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. |
Weizenbaum I Joseph Weizenbaum Computer Power and Human Reason. From Judgment to Calculation, W. H. Freeman & Comp. 1976 German Edition: Die Macht der Computer und die Ohnmacht der Vernunft Frankfurt/M. 1978 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-18