defination. Are all things what we say they are because of defination? Can anything exist without a defination?
2007-02-12 12:45:49 · 10 answers · asked by Bluebeard 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Exactly. Words are interesting. It's amazing how men can give meaning to mere sounds, if only we could apply this simplicity to life! Things exist only when we give it the means to exist which is through definition or implication.
2007-02-12 13:37:12 · answer #1 · answered by hobbitgonewild 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So you already thought about an inch, but did you ever go beyond that to think about that time only exists because we say it does? What's a minute? Just a system of measurement left to make life appear like more of a daily ritual than one lifetime? What's a day, anyway? Using the word 'one lifetime' seems a lot shorter than saying something like '80 years', but it's all the same.
2007-02-12 20:55:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
When you use the word "anything" you are answering your own question.
Definition is an element of internal and external hierarchy. We use hierarchies to relate meanings in a universe full of abstract intentions.
It is a difficult question to answer, but a very important one to ask. We all need to recognize the heirachies of intentions we allow to define our lives and work to reconstruct them as necessary to understand and fit in to society.
2007-02-12 21:14:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All measurements are man-made. Ultimately all measurements come down to an arbitrary amount or length. As long as everyone else uses the same aribitrary amount or length you're in business.
Words are also an artificial man-made construct. That's why different languages have different words for different things.
2007-02-12 20:54:25 · answer #4 · answered by Dave R 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We don't necessarily "define" things, we label them. Once the the label is agreed upon then it may be said to be defined.
2007-02-12 23:03:44 · answer #5 · answered by Sophist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The concept of zero did not always exist.
Things are because we say they are. An object can exist without a definition, but I don't think a concept can.
2007-02-12 20:54:02 · answer #6 · answered by Raina 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have yet to be defined, yet I know I exist.
Not just another square peg, and still looking for a round hole.
2007-02-12 20:56:30 · answer #7 · answered by Old guy 124 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
red is red becuase it is red. and so an inch is an inch because it's not two. thngs exists with their standard definitions. but we could mean a hell lot of things in our different way, on how we view them, and on how we understand them.
2007-02-12 20:56:29 · answer #8 · answered by The Lioness 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every thing we say has a definition, even the phrase Homer Simpson uses, "DOH!-eth!" , has a definition, and is in the dictionary....lol
2007-02-12 20:53:24 · answer #9 · answered by My Lord . 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why is a tree called a tree? or why is the sky called the sky? It is all what it is .
2007-02-13 00:49:18 · answer #10 · answered by Cajun_ Creater 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋