Historical Circumstances and Theoritical Structures as Sources of Meaning: A Response

The place of theory as providing a context for meaning is furtherelaborated on the presumption that an individuality principleor theorem of fundamental theoretical importance is being advancedby Alexander Hamilton in Federalist 15 and 16. Following ErnstCassirer, the argument is advanced that theoretical definitionsdepend upon a computational logic that enables one to statecausal antecedents that yield a conceptualized effect. Thisis the type of language that is used by artisans to create artifactsincluding those forms of artisanship that are concerned withthe nature and constitution of order in human societies.