Jonathan Stephen Anderson
Abstract
Can there be any other purpose of reading if not for meaning? Whether one is perusing a novel, technical manual, advertisement, recipe, radio or TV guide, maps, road signs, the purpose is to obtain information or, in Goodman's terms, to reconstruct meaning.
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Can there be any other purpose of reading if not for meaning? Whether one is perusing a novel, technical manual, advertisement, recipe, radio or TV guide, maps, road signs, the purpose is to obtain information or, in Goodman's terms, to reconstruct meaning.
Key concepts: Meaning (existential), Reading (process), Focus (optics), Project commissioning, Publishing, Recipe, Advertising, Computer science