<s>
Pragmatic	B-General_Concept
mapping	I-General_Concept
—	O
a	O
term	O
in	O
current	O
use	O
in	O
linguistics	O
,	O
computing	O
,	O
cognitive	O
psychology	O
,	O
and	O
related	O
fields	O
—	O
is	O
the	O
process	O
by	O
which	O
a	O
given	O
abstract	O
predicate	O
(	O
a	O
symbol	O
)	O
comes	O
to	O
be	O
associated	O
through	O
action	O
(	O
a	O
dynamic	O
index	O
)	O
with	O
some	O
particular	O
logical	O
object	O
(	O
an	O
icon	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pragmatic	B-General_Concept
mapping	I-General_Concept
is	O
the	O
process	O
by	O
which	O
any	O
material	O
argument	O
,	O
or	O
any	O
imagined	O
one	O
,	O
comes	O
to	O
be	O
associated	O
with	O
a	O
predicate	O
that	O
purports	O
to	O
be	O
and	O
succeeds	O
in	O
being	O
about	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
instance	O
,	O
if	O
we	O
say	O
"	O
Jesse	O
James	O
was	O
an	O
American	B-Application
outlaw	I-Application
"	O
the	O
name	O
"	O
Jesse	O
James	O
"	O
purports	O
to	O
be	O
about	O
a	O
certain	O
historical	O
person	O
whom	O
we	O
may	O
know	O
to	O
have	O
been	O
shot	O
by	O
another	O
individual	O
named	O
Robert	O
Ford	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
pragmatic	B-General_Concept
mapping	I-General_Concept
of	O
the	O
name	O
"	O
Jesse	O
James	O
"	O
is	O
complete	O
,	O
i.e.	O
,	O
if	O
it	O
succeeds	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
mapped	O
onto	O
that	O
certain	O
individual	O
that	O
was	O
actually	O
shot	O
by	O
Robert	O
Ford	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nothing	O
of	O
importance	O
changes	O
in	O
the	O
pragmatic	B-General_Concept
mapping	I-General_Concept
process	O
if	O
it	O
turns	O
out	O
that	O
Jesse	O
James	O
and	O
Robert	O
Ford	O
are	O
figments	O
of	O
someone	O
’s	O
imagination	O
,	O
excepting	O
,	O
of	O
course	O
,	O
the	O
truth	O
value	O
of	O
the	O
propositions	O
that	O
include	O
the	O
logical	O
object	O
of	O
the	O
name	O
,	O
Jesse	O
James	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
ordinary	O
conversation	O
and	O
human	O
communication	O
in	O
general	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
demonstrated	O
logically	O
and	O
mathematically	O
that	O
meaning	O
is	O
utterly	O
dependent	O
on	O
the	O
true	O
and	O
appropriate	O
pragmatic	B-General_Concept
mapping	I-General_Concept
of	O
symbols	O
to	O
their	O
conventional	O
logical	O
objects	O
.	O
</s>
