[Xmca-l] Re: how to broaden/enliven the xmca discussion

[Andy Blunden]

You are quite right Martin, that it was my report of Dmitry's speech 
that was being referred to and also correct to chide me for irony. Irony 
is really out of place in discussing such complex questions. However,  
Dmitry was not criticising his grandfather's theory; he was continuing 
it. When I said that I didn't think that such a stark dualism was a 
fruitful place from which to begin a discussion of meaning, he didn't 
really see the point of my remark, simply agreeing that there could be 
local or regional meanings which departed from the norm. So the irony, I 
admit, was all mine, and I apologise for inappropriate use of irony in 
this instance.
Andy
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*Andy Blunden*
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Martin John Packer wrote:
> Just to reduce confusion, I want to point out that it was Andy who provided this account of  Dmitry Leontiev's presentation at ISCAR, not me.  And I think Andy was rejecting the argument. In fact, if I understood correctly (there was a lot of irony in Andy's message!), D. Leontiev was both summarizing and criticizing a position that his father (A. N. Leontiev) had made. 
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>> I would challenge Martin's  account of Dmitry Leontiev's  argument that meaning is objectively fixed to 'what is' -  'irrespective of one's personal relation to it' - yes, znachenie - common sense or agreed meaning is more 'objective' than smysl but it is still socially constructed - meanings are agreed by dint of their common use (what people do 'as a rule') rather than because they reflect an absolute objectivity.
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