For example, we don’t experience the feeling of ineffability for something like counting, which happens consciously (above a threshold of five or six). If Mary had never counted more than 100 objects before, and today she counted 113 sheep in a field, we wouldn’t expect her to exclaim “Oh, so that’s what 113 looks like!”
What about the case of 3 sheep? Are small numbers understood both analytically, and as qualia?
That’s a really good question, and I just wanted to avoid that extra complication in this example. (As noted in the last post, I couldn’t even fully do that. Oh well.)
What about the case of 3 sheep? Are small numbers understood both analytically, and as qualia?
That’s a really good question, and I just wanted to avoid that extra complication in this example. (As noted in the last post, I couldn’t even fully do that. Oh well.)