DEFINITION OF MEANING MEANING (dimensional definition) (a) normative content (re

DEFINITION OF MEANING

MEANING (dimensional definition)

(a) normative content (relations) (market)

(b) habitual content (relations) (personal)

(c) intentional content (relations)

(d) extended (externalities) content (relations)

(e) important (value) content (relations)

A network of relations(associations) reducible to a network of analogies to experience. Where experience can refer to any combination of physical, emotional, and mental experiences.

ETYMOLOGY: “INTEND”

“intend, have in mind,” Old English mænan “to mean, intend, signify; tell, say; complain, lament,” from West Germanic *mainijan (source also of Old Frisian mena “to signify,” Old Saxon menian “to intend, signify, make known,” Dutch menen, German meinen “think, suppose, be of the opinion”), from PIE *meino- “opinion, intent” (source also of Old Church Slavonic meniti “to think, have an opinion,” Old Irish mian “wish, desire,” Welsh mwyn “enjoyment”), perhaps from root *men- (1) “to think.” Conversational question you know what I mean? attested by 1834.