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Drachir, you equate meaning with posessed/memorized symbols. Why do you deny me, my symbols which I posess on paper, that gives meaning to some of my personal memories? (I hide these symbols from myself, simply because I do not need that sort of meaning resounding/rebounding in my head all the time, otherwise, I become dsyfunctional!).Drachir said:<snip>
The unknown can only be explained in terms of the known. Meaning of the unknown can only be given by meanings of the known. Therefore, meaning is equality with possessed symbols.
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New symbols representing specific combinations of possessed symbols can be formed and memorized (learning).
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Meanings can only be in the head (brain).
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Drachir, you yourself claim the unknown can only be explained in terms of the known.
Primarily, for something to be known, you should be able to show, it is indeed the configuration you posess in your head. To show this known case, you have to submit yourself to the external world, and compare/refine your meaning, which is essentially what Putnam claims - you are not a solipsist.
Here are two interpretations of meanings in your head:
(1) You can say meanings are in your head = you are a solipsist.
(2) You can say meanings are in your head = your head is a storage mechanism.
p.s. The difference to me reflects the division of labour between creating the meaning and discovering a meaning.
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