Meaning and Pointing
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Meaning and Pointing
Meaning, McCracken wrote, originates from the beliefs and ideologies that we use to frame our everyday experiences and make sense of the world. From this culturally constituted world, meaning is embedded in products by way of four unique fashioning systems—advertising, news outlets, highly esteemed individuals, and fringe societies—and reworked int
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I used references generally speaking, but The first time I really internalized the importance of references was watching Gilmore Girls for the zillionth time.
Recently I’ve been reading about the importance of context in expressing to the reader where in the lattice of human knowledge your thoughts lie. Sort of like a map to you main point.
This con
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when we say “meaning”—or “meaning orientation”—what we’re really talking about is a reading of the world that makes sense. Like: I know who I am. I know what’s going on here. I understand the rules people are playing by. I have a sense of what’s likely to happen if I do X. That’s the foundation. So, my first take at defining “meaning” would be simp... See more