Jung at his most readable. He says that we interpret what we perceive in terms of the primal archetypes which are programmed into our deep unconscious. For example, we carry eternal archetypes of masculinity and femininity engrained within us.
Socialists disagree; they say that we interpret what we perceive in terms of social constructs and norms. For example, the meaning of the word ‘woman’ is constructed by history and the distribution of power.
Conservatives say that a thing is what it is. For example, the word ‘woman’ can only have one meaning: the one it has always had.
Buddhists say that, with practice and effort, we can choose how to interpret what we perceive.
Wooden Spoon Wars – conflicts over the meaning of words. Not conflicts over what’s up, but conflicts over how we describe what’s up.