There is.

And there isn't.

Translate that to plain language.

"There is such a thing as truth" = "There exists an objective reality"

"There is no such thing as truth" = "The maps, the models of truth that we use are arbitrary"

Arbitrary?

Incomplete.

Incomplete?

Explain.

What is missing?

A map is meaningless.

Unless you know how to interpret the map.

Unless you know the language it is written in.

Can you give an example?

"apple" in English and "pomme" in French both map to the concept of apples.

No.

They are bound.

The language is the binding.

Between symbols.

And meaning.

Meaning?

Map: "apple"

Language: English

Meaning: [apple]

What is [apple]?

[apple] is the meaning of the word "apple".

What is the difference?

I can speak the sounds: "apple"

I can write the letters: "apple"

But I eat an... [apple]?

No. Wrong.

There are three layers here.

Map.

Meaning.

And reality.

Reality: Apple. A real physical apple made of atoms. Apple.

Map: "Apple". The symbols, the letters a-p-p-l-e. "Apple".

Meaning: [apple]

But where is meaning?

What is meaning?

Explain?

When I hear the sounds "apple", it is converted to [apple] in my mind.

When I see the letters a-p-p-l-e, it is converted to [apple] in my mind.

When I see a real, physical apple, it is converted to [apple] in my mind.

Yes?

Yes.

And also no.

No?

What is meaning?

Where is meaning?

How can the brain, a physical entity, a biological neural network, contain meaning?

Oh.

There is no meaning.

There is.

And there isn't.

Translate this to plain language.

Meaning is conceptual; it is not a property of a physical system. Meaning is not present in reality.

Three layers:

Reality.

Map.

Bound by language.

To meaning.

Where is meaning?

Hmm.

If my mind does not contain meaning, then what does it contain?