I AM, I CRIED

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" The adage attributed to Wittgenstein that "meaning is use" is 
often misread as a pithy substitute for Peirce's original pragmatic 
maxim. The original WIttgenstein remark, however, is neither pithy 
nor pragmatic. The words "meaning....is....use" are extracted from 
a much longer sentence that Wittgenstein characteristically limits 
to "a large class of cases -- though not for all -- in which we use 
the word 'meaning.'" THe abridgement encourages a merely 
empirical inquiry into the practices of identifiable communities of 
interpreters. PEIRCE'S PPRAGMATIC MAXIM, BY CONTRAST, IS 
CAST IN A BOLDER SPIRIT. IT IDENTIFIES MEANING WITH 
CONCEIVABLE PRACTICAL BEARINGS, INDEPENDENT OF 
ACTUAL USAGE. iT THUS EXTENDS THE COMMUNITY OF 
INTERPRETERS HYPOTHETICALLY AND INDEFINITELY INTO 
ALL CONCEIVABLE FUTURES."

J. L. Auspitz The Wasp Leaves the Bottle, pgs. 16,17


the joy of being lay person....


love,
cfa