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Old 6th September 2004, 09:24 PM   #1
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Is a dream an object?

Or is the meaning of a word an object? Or is a passed-over body that was once there but no longer existing an object or a new product envisioned on the drawing a would-be object?
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Old 6th September 2004, 11:45 PM   #2
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Re: Is a dream an object?

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Or is the meaning of a word an object? Or is a passed-over body that was once there but no longer existing an object or a new product envisioned on the drawing a would-be object?
Everything begins with a concept or an idea. Even if it wasn't created by humans, it still existed as a potential which, really isn't that differerent than a concept is believe?
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Old 7th September 2004, 12:57 AM   #3
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Re: Is a dream an object?

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Or is the meaning of a word an object? Or is a passed-over body that was once there but no longer existing an object or a new product envisioned on the drawing a would-be object?
A dream will take a physical form in your memory, so in a sense it is an object. The dream itself is a process, I think, and as such is not an object.

The meaning of a word is not an object (same with the 'meaning' or apparent happenings of a dream). The cabability to apply a meaning to a word (pattern) will be inside the brain somewhere, and the material forming the word exists, but the meaning cannot.

Your last question is jibberish to me. I cannot find the meaning.
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