Should have said existent physical object. Each point in thingspace is a possible configuration of matter, but not all possible configurations of matter necessarily exist (see the post on Logical Zombies). It’s a Big Universe so maybe all possibles exist, but my point was to differentiate the abstract “this is an abstract possible configuration of matter” from the “this is a particular instance of this configuration of matter”.
For the last part.. yes, I think, kind of? The concepts are being processed by a physical brain, which means in a significant sense the judgement must be being made by a physical object, but at the same time the physical embodiment of that concept in the brain is key to the judgement so the concept is vital.
Should have said existent physical object. Each point in thingspace is a possible configuration of matter, but not all possible configurations of matter necessarily exist (see the post on Logical Zombies). It’s a Big Universe so maybe all possibles exist, but my point was to differentiate the abstract “this is an abstract possible configuration of matter” from the “this is a particular instance of this configuration of matter”.
For the last part.. yes, I think, kind of? The concepts are being processed by a physical brain, which means in a significant sense the judgement must be being made by a physical object, but at the same time the physical embodiment of that concept in the brain is key to the judgement so the concept is vital.