Reprezentace a vymezitelnost smyslu

Veselský, Matěj

4 Abstract This dissertation offers a systematic philosophical investigation into the representation and determinability of meaning, integrating phenomenological, ontological, and epistemological perspectives. It begins by establishing meaning as both an aspect of lived experience in which things appear as meaningful or meaningless and a pragmatic function embedded in cognitive and communicative practices. A prominent praxis among these would be the praxis of questioning meaning and meaningfulness, which as a self-reflective method discloses fundamental aspects of meaning, namely, its claim to transcendence and its univocity, guaranteed by this claim. The body of the thesis consists of two chapters devoted to ontological and epistemological aspects of meaning, respectively. The underlying theme of both chapters is a characteristic trait of meaning, which is to make a difference - albeit explored from different perspectives. In the chapter on ontology, this aspect is elucidated in logical and formal ontological contexts by means of a concept of individuality without identity (which I presented already in a separate article encapsulating ideas explored here). In the chapter on epistemology, the discussion revolves around determination, collapse and the scope of meaning, and this aspect is presented as a basis...

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