Pre-Language: How Does Meaning Reach Consensus? A Basic Theory of the Pre-symbolic / Meaning-Constructed States

This paper deals with the world before language. It divides two states using “Pre-symbolic” and “Meaning-Constructed.” Pre-symbolic: symbols, images, and sounds before humans assign meaning. Meaning-Constructed: the world after meaning appears. The system is further divided into the “Visual Manifold” and the “Auditory Manifold.” This paper also introduces “Restricted-Sense Consensus” and “Extended-Sense Consensus”: Restricted-Sense Consensus: subjects of the same species exchange, teach, and communicate using their own Meaning-Constructed States. Extended-Sense Consensus: different civilizations and different species construct their own Meaning-Constructed States after interpreting their own Pre-symbolic States. These six categories form the core theory of the book the author is currently writing, The Possibility of Understanding Symbols. The main analysis concerns the framework by which humans move from symbols (Pre-symbolic) to meaning (Meaning-Constructed).