I’m not advocating naive realism, and I don’t think anyone at LW does. The map-territory metaphor, much beloved at LW, is a comprehensive rejection of naive realism. However, I see “the part where the mind processes that sense experience” as being exactly the part where you “get truth.”
I’m not advocating naive realism, and I don’t think anyone at LW does. The map-territory metaphor, much beloved at LW, is a comprehensive rejection of naive realism. However, I see “the part where the mind processes that sense experience” as being exactly the part where you “get truth.”
Right. The brain exists on the map, just like London does.
The line between the brain and the brain stem is something we create. It exists in textbooks (the map) not the territory.