Meaning arises from interdependence in difference, not from data or content.

Evidence

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson reflects on rationality but from the perspective of human meaning. She affirms a meaning that “is derived not through content or data or even theory … but through a compassionate web of interdependent relationships that are different and valuable because of difference.” Why difference exactly? Because only by respecting difference do we stand any chance of not “interfer[ing] with other beings’ life pathways” and their possibilities for autonomy. — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 622

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to decolonial literature across the reader’s library and to relational ethics as a counter-frame to surveillance. — connects to: Word meaning arises from relations between words, not from reference to the world.; Meaning arises from relations of difference between terms; Word meaning arises from differences among words, not representation — Timothy Mitchell, Colonising Egypt, 457 (+11 more)

Broader Connections

• Meaning arises from relations of difference between terms #corroborates (0.95)
• Word meaning arises from relations between words, not from reference to the world. #corroborates (0.90)
• Word meaning arises from differences among words, not representation #corroborates (0.90) — Timothy Mitchell, Colonising Egypt, 457
• Différance produces meaning through a weave of differences, not binaries #corroborates (0.85)
• Meaning relations among signs are systemic, not individual and private #expands (0.80)
• The connective relations among signs are systemic, not private subjective matters. #expands (0.80)
• Value emerges from relational valuation practices, not from objects themselves. #corroborates (0.78) — Ève Chiapello, Financialisation of Valuation, 23
• Meaning in colonial cities arises from gaps and interrelations, not individual objects #exemplifies (0.78)
• In some societies meanings arise from contextual relations rather than symbolic codes. #corroborates (0.75) — Timothy Mitchell, Colonising Egypt, 205
• What is form in one context can be content in another. #complicates (0.75) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 53
• Data acquires extractability only through socially constructed relations, not as a natural given #exemplifies (0.75) — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 133
• Value arises from the for-itself’s constitutive lack #corroborates (0.72) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 1445
• Identity is constituted through splitting and an interiorized Other, not pure difference. #complicates (0.72)
• Contemporary concepts get meanings by convention, not by ideal form #complicates (0.70) — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 342