Not exact matches
Questions such as whether the
language of «faith» has any authority in a scientific age, or whether mind and life are reducible to atoms and molecules, whether only the tangible is real, whether the human person is anything more than a complex physico - chemical mechanism, whether we are free or determined, whether there is any «
objective» truth to the symbols and myths
of religion — all
of these questions are asked at all only because what is fundamentally at issue is whether there is an ultimate context that gives
meaning to cosmic process and significance to our lives in this process.
Objective: To lay the groundwork for a general theory («Super Semantics») that will offer a comparative analysis
of meaning in
language (spoken and signed
languages), in gestures, in music, and in primate communication, and will probe the cognitive and evolutionary origins
of these diverse semantic systems.
Model Rule 1.2 goes further than its vague
language of objectives versus
means and explicitly states, «A lawyer shall abide by a client's decision whether to settle a matter.»
Capable
of sales yes, but also highly adept at digesting large amounts
of actionable intelligence about the subject matter expertise the firm maintains, and then capable
of translating that expertise into
language clients understand and deem valuable as a
means by which they can retain the firm to achieve their
objectives.