Yes, it appears meaningless, I and others have tried hard to figure out a possible account of it.
I haven’t tried to get a fully general account of communication but I’m aware there’s been plenty of philosophical work, and I can see partial accounts that work well enough.
Your objection to representation was that there is no account if it.
Yes, it appears meaningless, I and others have tried hard to figure out a possible account of it.
I haven’t tried to get a fully general account of communication but I’m aware there’s been plenty of philosophical work, and I can see partial accounts that work well enough.
You’re implicitly assuming it works by using it. So why can’t I assume that representation works, somehow?
I know what successful communication looks like.
What does successful representation look like?
Communication uses symbols, which are representations.