When you say a philosophy statement is meaningless what exactly do you do you mean by using the word?

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Questions about language Meaning matters involve issues in philosophy(ie mostly metaphysics) and linguistics (ie mostly semantics but aso syntax, and pragmatics.) Context and subtext issues are also involved like in poetry or prose writing. The meaning of signs.images, and objects are semiology issues which are more general and are not at issue in this Q as asked. That could be a topic for someone else's Q. Pls stick to the Q's focus when giving your supported opinions.

Answer 1

Its a bit too early this boxing day,for me to have-a-go at answering this.
Nonetheless,i and importantly others should get some insight and some real objective use out of reading some of that 20th century's scholar's writing on this very subject; i am of course referring to the work of the late so-called philosopher Sir karl Popper.
He would have said and insisted(rightly i think)that a statement is meaningless if its non-objective AND non-critical.
E.g, scholars and others have known for decades that a new version and method of finding-the-truth was sketchly offered in the last century by the polish scholar jan Lukasieuwics(please check that spelling).
It was even named the Third way,or Tertium.
Because,for some reason(s) it was not well thought out(a difficult task for anyone,let alone the brilliant Lucasieuwic),
it failed to become well known and used.
Compared to some established social-scentific european (usually leftish)theories and Statements,for example,the Third way theory and philosophy(=statements)has become rather 'lost' and,for even the majority of philosophy students,has become meaningless!
That,even,may not have been an objective thing-to-write! Nonetheless it could well be true.What is true,is that,in part due to the above Polish philosopher's work,a WHOLE NEW MATHEMATICAL SCHOOL FLURISHED THEN, including a virtual "explosion" in the actual method of doing higher math- of doing mathematical metaphysical calculations,and subsequent rulings,definitions and even 'Laws'!

So be careful about what you'all come-to-learn as 'meaningless'. Philosophy can and sometimes does change our outlook on life and this beautiful world we all live on;but sometimes it can be mistaken and therefore lead even the best of us,astray.
We live in hope,and for better and more truthful knowledge and therfore philosophy.

Answer 2

Women - they're such interesting creatures. However, I'm a man lucky enough who understands the female brain. So, I agree with your statements above that women use - they're very accurate. And, I would know exactly how to navigate safely around each of those statements.

Answer 3

To say a statement is meaningless generally entails that one or more words in the statement are being used out of their domain, and thus have no meaning in the context being used. For instance, in the question "What is the cause of the universe?" the word "cause" is used outside of it's domain. "Cause" only has a meaning within space/time, and this question attempts to us it to point to something outside of space/time.

Answer 4

I would say it is meaningless but only in the sense that his/her statement is not reflective of the prevailing philosophical thoughts that I read about but making allowances for the fact he/she may after all be right contrariwise.