From Brian
The topic for the meeting could well be The Diversity of Meanings of Words. This has emerged as a topic from past discussions
as we tend to assume a meaning of a word and they may differ from person to person in discussion.
We can introduce the Western Philosophers Rorty https://en.wikipedia.org/
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Elaine has offered the following:
Words and how we get to understand what a word like "game" means.
Wittgenstein is a philosopher from the early twentieth century who investigated language, and changed the course of philosophy.
A key idea is to do with whether words have intrinsic, essential meanings, or whether they just make sense when used within a particular conversation.
Wittgenstein argues that the way a word is used (like, for example, the word "game") is used in different ways in different places.
He argues that the words like "game" when they are used in common language, in various contexts "have no one thing in common ... but that they are related to one another in many different ways." That comes from point 65 of his Philosophical Investigations, published in 1953.
What do you think of the following, point 66? Let's explore some of these ideas.
• Let's talk about how children learn the meaning of the word "game" ... is it by going to a dictionary? ... or do adults explain all of the above? ... or what??
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