Exner objected that Bolzano's theory of propositions makes it a mystery how human beings, who belong to the real world, grasp immaterial meanings.
Pieces that draw near to each other moving at different rhythms and in different ways, which contemporary man is recovering possession of, re-using, modifying and renewing the immobile containers from the inside and giving new immaterial meanings to the deserted, silent spaces by weaving new relations once more between the parts with invisible threads.
Social facts can be material (physical objects) or immaterial (meanings, sentiments, etc).
(a) The 'ectoplasm' account: The view that immaterial substance is a kind of immaterial stuff.
Finding and structuring elements of permanence allow students to notice the elements that could keep their stability over time, both physical (like religious sites, historic buildings,…), and immaterial (functions, meanings, values), or that change in time according to patterns and rules.
Whether or not you understood the diamond formation, or the meaning of the offside flag, was immaterial.
For Patek, dropping the Geneva Seal may amount to nothing more than abandoning a marketing tool that has little meaning for the uninformed consumer and is immaterial for the true connoisseur.
Stephen M. Deusner of Pitchfork Media explained that the song is "personality-driven pop", meaning that the lyrics and the melody becomes immaterial to the fact that Madonna is singing the song.
That is immaterial this week, though, and the Kosovo factor has given Albanian celebrations an extra, profound level of meaning.
In Schnell's [ 34] study, four main sources related to creating meaning were highlighted: (1) Self- transcendence, (1a) Vertical self- transcendence: orientating towards an immaterial, supernatural power such as faith in God, and (1b) Horizontal self- transcendence: taking responsibility for (worldly) affairs beyond one's immediate concerns, such as self-knowledge or unison with nature.
Physical objects can represent both material and immaterial social facts; for example a flag is a physical social fact that often has various immaterial social facts (the meaning and importance of the flag) attached to it.
