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An idea lives in its own context

Taken out of its context the idea will change, or maybe even damage the idea. For example a joke might become offensive in another context.

Implications:

  • In a new context the same idea can be re-usedeverything is a remix
  • every person has their own personal context, thus coloring the meaning of ideas

Literature notes

Fleeting notes

The meaning of an idea is often dependent on its context:

  1. linguistic
  2. cultural → The Culture Map - Erin Meyer
  3. historical
  4. personal.

The same idea can have different implications based on where, when, and how it is expressed.

Freedom:

  1. Ulysses - James Joyce → free from linguistic constraints
  2. Sixties
  3. Political independence
  4. Personal autonomy

A joke might be humorous in one cultural setting but offensive in another. → fixme 🧠 more on this

Philosophy - AI generated information:

Yes, in a philosophical sense, the meaning of ideas is highly context-dependent. This view is supported by thinkers from various traditions:

  1. Hermeneutics (Gadamer, Heidegger) – Meaning arises through interpretation within historical and cultural contexts. An idea’s significance shifts depending on the framework in which it is understood.
  2. Pragmatism (Dewey, Peirce, Rorty) – Ideas gain meaning through their practical consequences and how they function in different contexts.
  3. Structuralism & Post-Structuralism (Saussure, Derrida, Foucault) – Meaning is relational rather than intrinsic. Language and ideas depend on the structures they exist within, and these structures vary across cultures and histories.
  4. Wittgenstein’s Later Philosophy – Meaning is found in “language games,” emphasizing that words (and ideas) derive their significance from the specific contexts in which they are used.
  5. Historical Materialism (Marx, Gramsci) – Ideas are shaped by material conditions, social relations, and historical circumstances. What an idea “means” is tied to the socio-economic structure in which it emerges.

5 → woke ideas, and the change of the meaning of the word discrimination