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The Beginning for Cartographers of Meaning

Sun, 31 May 2026 13:25:11 +0200

Introduction

Take a look at the following definition from the Cambridge Dictionary (opens in a new tab):

consciousness:

the state of understanding and realizing something

Now, imagine a starting point on a map: consciousness, the concept. Somewhere else on that map is the destination: the state of understanding and realizing something, the definition. How, then, do we travel from the concept to its definition? In other words, what process could possibly lead us from that starting point to its destination? And, by extension, does the same starting point actually lead us in the same direction to the same destination as it is assumed by this definition?