Gadamer, on the other hand, argues that Derrida's position his rejection of every continuum of meaning, of an orientation towards truth, and of a genuine communication potentially harbors indifference and that the focus on discontinuity and fragmentation resembles the kind of thinking that he criticized, in the first part of Truth and Method, as aesthetic consciousness.
One apparently obvious explanation is that there are not enough items or response options to capture high levels of the presence of meaning continuum and such items or response options should be added.
Correlations in correlational studies will be largely influenced by the minority of people exhibiting lower levels of presence of meaning as reflected by lower scores on the MLQ-P, while nuances of presence of meaning at the higher end of the continuum will not be captured well.
Another important avenue for future research is the revisiting of presence of meaning in life as a construct, in particular with regards to the higher end of the construct continuum.
Finally, this study bears a significant theoretical implication: Mandarin emotion verbs demonstrate a continuum of form-meaning pairing relations as realized in the lexical to constructional associations characteristic of Mandarin.
The continuous formation and tendency to spatial clustering suggest that kelo occurrence and dynamics are characterized by some kind of spatial-temporal continuum, meaning that kelo habitats are continuously available over relatively short distances to their accompanying species such as epiphytic lichens (Boch et al. 2013).
"I realized his artistic voice is far more conducive to film, and if he had a continuum of work, it would have real meaning," Mr. Swanson said.
When one thoroughly processes the traumatic event -- which includes fully grieving the loss -- and then, slowly, over time, integrates the experience, it can become part of the continuum of, and even give direction and meaning to, one's life.
One may also reason that the lack of sensitivity to varying nuances of meaning in life at the higher end of the continuum relates to the fact that the scale relies on self-report and alternative avenues to capture meaning in life should be explored.
So step back for a minute and ask yourself this question: Where do I stand on the continuum that ranges from passionately engaged in life to dying a slow death due to lack of meaning and engagement?
For example, by investigating lay people's conceptualisations of meaning in life, we may identify sub-facets of meaning in life which may provide greater variance at the upper end of the continuum.
