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How Meaning Solidifies

The question of how meaning emerges is usually framed as a transition point. This paper argues that meaning solidifies through a staged systems-theoretical process — from functional significance through externalization to intergenerational transmission — marking the threshold where meaning becomes symbolic.

AuthorAnthony Vondoom
Date2026
SeriesThe Deep Symbolic Systems Model (DSSM) Corpus
DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.33263589
Keywordsmeaning; symbolic stabilization; systems theory; externalization; DSSM; cognitive archaeology; Anthony Vondoom
LicenseCC BY 4.0
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