Gotcha, and thanks for the clarification. I see the difference, and in the first case you seem to be highlighting the difference between the map and the territory, while in the second case, you are highlighting the difference between the actual map and a belief about what’s on one’s map (in other words, one more “meta level” removed).
Now knowing that this was intentional, my suggestion is that you might have wanted to hold back on that first phrase until you made your clarification about the three types of statement meanings. Then perhaps highlight the full gamut of options:
1) Add a bridge to my own map
2) Add a note to my map that John has a bridge on his map at location …
3) Add a note to my map that John believes he has a bridge on his map at location …
My current read is that the first paragraph cautions us to not do #1, but to do #2 instead… meanwhile you knew that you’d actually be advocating for not doing #2 either because #3 might be the likely case.
Hopefully that makes sense. The caution was fantastic in the early part of the article (don’t add the bridge automatically); I just think the reader might have benefited from seeing your full purpose for the article (the three belief statement meanings) prior to you advocating which note we should add to the map.
Gotcha, and thanks for the clarification. I see the difference, and in the first case you seem to be highlighting the difference between the map and the territory, while in the second case, you are highlighting the difference between the actual map and a belief about what’s on one’s map (in other words, one more “meta level” removed).
Now knowing that this was intentional, my suggestion is that you might have wanted to hold back on that first phrase until you made your clarification about the three types of statement meanings. Then perhaps highlight the full gamut of options:
1) Add a bridge to my own map 2) Add a note to my map that John has a bridge on his map at location … 3) Add a note to my map that John believes he has a bridge on his map at location …
My current read is that the first paragraph cautions us to not do #1, but to do #2 instead… meanwhile you knew that you’d actually be advocating for not doing #2 either because #3 might be the likely case.
Hopefully that makes sense. The caution was fantastic in the early part of the article (don’t add the bridge automatically); I just think the reader might have benefited from seeing your full purpose for the article (the three belief statement meanings) prior to you advocating which note we should add to the map.
Thanks for writing this. I enjoyed the read.