What would be the ultimate output of the process of deconfusion? (When you do so much deconfusion that there is no more left to do.) A textbook for beginners?
I guess it depends on the application you have in mind. In principle, the most deconfused handle I can think of is a full mathematical formalization with just the right number of degrees of freedom. Maybe the best analogy is with the theories in physics.
Regarding the textbook, I would say that you probably need pretty good level of deconfusion to write a good textbook, but the textbook writing also involves a lot of bridging the inferential distance with newcomers that doesn’t count as deconfusion for me.
What would be the ultimate output of the process of deconfusion? (When you do so much deconfusion that there is no more left to do.) A textbook for beginners?
I guess it depends on the application you have in mind. In principle, the most deconfused handle I can think of is a full mathematical formalization with just the right number of degrees of freedom. Maybe the best analogy is with the theories in physics.
Regarding the textbook, I would say that you probably need pretty good level of deconfusion to write a good textbook, but the textbook writing also involves a lot of bridging the inferential distance with newcomers that doesn’t count as deconfusion for me.
Does that answer your question?
Yes, thank you!