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Originally posted by wilbjammin
Unity: a sense of being that has some sense of agreement. Living in a world where nothing makes any sense at all is hard for people. I can't think of anyone I've ever met - sane or insane - that did not have some desire for comprehending their existence in a way that was sensical.
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That, I can agree with. I'd just never heard it called unity before. No question that people seek meaning in their lives, or that the inability to find some kind of coherence can lead to all sorts of mental problems.
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As for meaning being metaphorical - This is the nature of language.
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Language is certainly metaphorical, but I disagree that all meaning is too. The brain doesn't naturally think in terms of language. Babies have to be taught to speak.
So sensory data is a form of knowledge that's not a construct. If someone pricks you with a pin, you
know that it hurts, even if you don't know what a pin is. I'm proposing that there are some absolutes that exist based on how the human body is constructed, regardless of how we think about them: for example, pain = bad, nourishment = good.
Hopefully I'm not straying too far from your point here.