A note on lexical meaning
*The world view or metaphysics is larger than any other—this is demonstrated *It is significantly new and larger than the common views—day-to-day or technical *Therefore, although the terms used are common their meanings are significantly altered andor enhanced relative to previous use—this, too, is demonstrated
A note on lexical meaning
Later it is seen that meaning varies according to context. Therefore the meanings of many terms, even common ones, depend on world view, context or metaphysics
The important terms of the discussion include being—the more important concepts are bold, journey, existence, idea, transformation, foundation, intuition, object, experience, concept, percept, reason, reference, abstraction, universe, possibility, actuality, necessity, logic, substance, determinism, metaphysics, philosophy, rationality, depth and breadth of understanding, method, form, particular object, abstract object, grammar, meaning, mechanism, causation, human being, society, culture, institution, civilization, faith, religion, science, knowledge, ideational form, and dynamics of being
Many of these terms have multiple common uses and within each general use may have shades of meaning
However, on account of the fact that the metaphysics developed here is ultimate and novel, almost every term assumes a new meaning. Consider abstraction which is occurs when only those features of a concept are ‘abstracted’ that make the concept necessarily faithful. Thus the result of abstraction is not abstract and is strictly empirical andor Logical
Special uses of Capitalization here are (1) to indicate a meaning as used here and (2) the immanent form of a concept. Since these two uses coincide to a large degree the dual special use of capitalization is not inconsistent
The new and ultimate meanings of terms may give audiences difficulties, first, in distinguishing the present from common meanings and, second, in recognizing that an ultimate meaning is employed. The scheme of Capitalization will assist the audience in the crucial task of paying attention to the present meanings