[FoRK] Meaning Re: Worth

[Dr. Ernie Prabhakar]

Hi Corinna,

On Nov 29, 2007, at 11:23 AM, Corinna Schultz wrote:
> "Making my own meaning" means that I take responsibility for making my
> own life, and developing my own philosophy. It is an ongoing act of
> intention and creation, counteracting the common tendency to drift
> mindlessly through life. It doesn't mean that I think there is no
> meaning, or that I live for nothing. In fact, my personal
> morality/ethics must be fundamentally selfish, since I act to further
> my own meaning.

Do you mean to imply that meaning is a *purely* subjective experience,  
and that any appeals that one "meaning-set" is *objectively* superior  
are automatically false?

Or do some personal definitions of meaning have better correspondence  
with "external reality" than others?

-- Ernie P.
>