Wild Beasts, Domestic Beasts & Stuffed Beasts: An Analysis of the Concepts «Universe» & «World», «Meaning» & «Sense», in the Thought of Juan David García Bacca
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This paper addresses García Bacca's dichotomy between the concepts of «universe» and «world», as well as those of «meaning» and «sense», from both an ontological and an aesthetic perspective. The «universe» is presented as an objective totality, governed by natural laws, while the «world» emerges as a subjective construction, shaped by human perception. On the other hand, «meaning» is understood as the cognitive decoding of symbols, in contrast to «sense», which is revealed in the concrete and experiential experience of that same reality. García Bacca postulates that the latter has a profound ontological impact as it is not merely a subjective experience but the basis of reality.
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