Harry Hindu

Genes are carried by every living organism, not just homo sapiens sapiens. So no, it can't be anthropomorphic.

No, we weren't talking about what YOU meant by MY post. What I meant when I typed my post is that the difference between my parents and God is that my...

For me, to have experiences as opposed to not having them. For my genes, to procreate.

My parents don't ask me to pray to them, nor tell me that my happiness is tied to doing everything they say. Theres more to procreating than heterosex...

What is the point of surviving eternally?

...continuing the existence of the species, leaving a mark in the world, ensuring that some part of you continues to exist after you die, etc.,

Implications can be drawn from any idea, including religious ones. Everything is interconnected and therefore has an implication on everything else. S...

So then there still is an "out there" that our minds extends out into? How did you get different views if not from different perspectives of different...

But what does it mean to be false? When we disagree, what is it that we are disagreeing on - our use of words, or the state-of-affairs that the words ...

Does this forum have an aversion to looking up the words they are debating the meaning of in a dictionary? Spirituality: noun 1 : something that in ec...

You still didn't address my question. What does it mean to not address your arguments? What does it mean to have something wrong or right with your ar...

They aren't irrelevant unless you are saying that your post I was asking questions about was also irrelevant. But, what does it mean to ask irrelevant...

The fact that this debate has gone on for over 30 pages is pathetic, and we can thank those that simply don't get that "use" implies intent and purpos...

It is redundant for you to say that to yourself because you already know it, so why say it? They refer to the same person and mean the same thing pres...

Straw-man. Stop changing the example. Please stay with the example we both were using.

They don't refer to the same thing for the listener, but they do for the speaker who already knows what it is that he is talking about. If "the weathe...

Wrong. "It is raining" is more specific (provides more information) than "the weather outside". Would you answer the question, "What is the weather ou...

I must be arguing with an idiot. How about answering every question I posed on this page that you didn't answer. uhhh, Ok. It is about the weather out...

Sheesh! I'm not changing the topic. I was responding to a specific post of yours. If I'm off topic, then you are as well. You keep trying to avoid ans...

My previous post was in response to your previous post, not a response to your argument. It is you that stated, "Misspeaking and saying something fals...

How do you know the difference without getting at my intent? Was I misspeaking or lying?

He does have to know about the weather to know if the person used words incorrectly or not. That was your argument - that the speaker was only wrong b...

You completely skipped this part (intentionally or no?):

So when someone "misuses" a word and someone corrects them, and it is no longer used that way again, then that would still fall under the rubric of me...

The meaning of my words only diverge from my intention when I misspeak, which is to say that my words were unintentional. When lying, or using metapho...

This sounds awfully close to defining "use" as simply making sounds and writing scribbles. If any scribble or sound can mean anything at anytime, then...

If it is sunny outside and I intend to convey information that it is sunny outside, then I would say, "it is sunny outside". I used words that match m...

Then you are no longer arguing for meaning is use. You are now arguing that meaning is what a symbol refers to. LOL. Now I'm taking a conventional use...

Then you are no longer arguing for meaning is use. You are now arguing that meaning is what a symbol refers to. If the dictionary doesn't provide an e...

Then dictionaries are useless? I'm not sure how much further we can carry on here if that is what you really think. Another problem you have is that a...

Of course, but how does the same string of symbols mean different things? You're saying it is because of context. I'm saying it is the information one...

It is constrained by the information you intend to convey. "Purpose" is the goal you intend to accomplish. So you can say that it is constrained by yo...

How convenient. Meaning is use where "use" is the conventional, or traditional, use of a word, EXCEPT for the term, "meaning". I can use that term how...

Let me make this simple for you. Say I agree with you that meaning is use and by "use" we both mean the conventional use of the word. When I go and lo...

...which is? Your "something else" isn't part of the definition of "meaning" per Merriam-Webster. Again, you sidestep a point I made. It's a nonsensic...

The definition of "meaning" per Merriam-Webster: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meaning Is Merriam-Webster conflating meaning with intent?...

As I have said numerous times, meaning is the relationship between cause and effect. In language, meaning is the relationship between the symbol (a so...

There are plenty of times where we use perfectly sensible sentences and people still don't get what it is that you mean. Just look at this philosophy ...

What I mean is that, if you are asking if death has a purpose then you are 1) implying determinism and 2) implying that events in the future are what ...

Does Death Have A Meaning? Go ask the meaning-is-use crowd. They'd say that the meaning of death is it's use. I say that meaning is a causal relations...

Saying "Nothing is wrong" is the conventional use of those words when you intend to hide that something is wrong. Your intent is what chooses the word...

But in chess, you have strict rules. We don't have those same strict rules in English. It isn't uncommon to "misuse" (per your explanation of "use" vs...

It is a misuse of words when toddlers and people with limited English skills don't understand. As I said, We have to adapt our use of words to the lis...

Then I need you to go back and read this post, , and answer those questions about what is meant by a "use" vs. a "misuse" of words. How is "misspoken"...

But it is experienced. How can you even say those things exist if you don't experience them? You (and your experience of it) is all part of the "world...

But we aren't talking about those other people. For those other people, we would use the words differently to accomplish our goal. We would simply be ...

I'd say that our meaning can be at odds with our use of words. This is why we say, "I meant to say that", or "I didn't mean to say that.", where "mean...

That wasn't a straw-man. I'm simply asking you to follow through with the implications of what you believe. Act on your beliefs if you actually believ...

It all comes down to how you define "meaning" and "use". If the "meaning"/"use" vs. the "non-meaning"/"misuse" of words is the equivalent of following...

No. If you made a mistake then you made a mistake in projecting your intention by using the wrong words. You still have an intention and you can only ...