jjewett@math.lsa.umich.edu (Jim Jewett) (10/08/90)
In article <24980001@hpopd.HP.COM>, richardh@hpopd.HP.COM (Richard Hancock) writes: |> You might find semiotics (the theory of signs) interesting - meaning exists |> only through "common consent", ie. by the existence of a common signification |> function by which signifieds are associated with signifiers. How does this function become common? How can two agents (eg people) first establish that they have a common consent with which to establish further communications? Or is this asking whence sprang the first chicken? -jJ jjewett@math.lsa.umich.edu Take only memories. Jewett@ub.cc.umich.edu Leave not even footprints.
eliot@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Eliot Handelman) (10/08/90)
In article <1990Oct7.191106.24276@math.lsa.umich.edu> jjewett@math.lsa.umich.edu (Jim Jewett) writes: ;In article <24980001@hpopd.HP.COM>, richardh@hpopd.HP.COM (Richard ;Hancock) writes: ;|> You might find semiotics (the theory of signs) interesting - meaning exists ;|> only through "common consent", ie. by the existence of a common ;signification ;|> function by which signifieds are associated with signifiers. ; ;How does this function become common? How can two agents (eg people) ;first establish that they have a common consent with which to establish ;further communications? ; ;Or is this asking whence sprang the first chicken? That's what Derrida says, and that's why "there is nothing beyond the text."