2006-06-13 11:03:14 · 7 answers · asked by thequeenof3millenniums 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
We put meaning on things because if we didnt why would we do anything in the first place
2006-06-13 11:07:53 · answer #1 · answered by Puff 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The purpose is transfer the reality in your mine. The meanings can put pictures, melodys, persons or what ever you want whitout that thinks. Some anthropologist and psychologist say the meanings are the begin of the thougth, and the end of your thinking, because this delimit your personality and your vision of the world that came from the repertory of meanings that you have.
2006-06-13 18:24:21 · answer #2 · answered by claudia m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
putting meaning on something we giving life to that something which is meaningless at first place, and then having benefits of all kind of dramas to be involved with. The purpose of meaning is to understand that through the pain in the butt...Does real Beauty has meaning? NO. It is just breath taking Beautiful...Put meaning on it and you destroy Beauty, leaving only smart *** analytical ashes...
2006-06-13 18:24:33 · answer #3 · answered by Oleg B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Meaning (linguistic),
Meaning as definition, interpretation, or semantics.
Meaning (semiotics) has to do with the distribution of signs in sign relations
Meaning as a relationship between ontology and truth
Verifiability theory of meaning
Meaning of life — the philosophical question
Meaning of pain — A questionable philosophy
Meaning as a product of consciousness, awareness, insight, or understanding
Meaning as knowledge or epistemology
Meaning as a reference or equivalence
Meaning as values or a value system
Meanings of asteroid names
I suppose the purpose is to make us think
2006-06-13 18:14:50 · answer #4 · answered by Robert B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It gives people something to believe in. Yet it really is rhetoric, anyone familiar with social constructionism can prove that words and terms actually have ownership and are used as such.
2006-06-13 18:07:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The opposite of "Meaningless"
2006-06-20 11:13:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
tell me when u find out
2006-06-13 18:08:42 · answer #7 · answered by matthewjohn_s 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋