Not sure if it’s “contra” your post. In physics there are effective theories and the Intentional Stance is an example of one, which is, indeed, a “low-energy” approximation. My point is not about energy level, but more about finding the limits of applicability to see the constituents better. For example in a control system it is hard to figure out the innards until you, say, open the feedback loop in some way, or find a regime where the the system goes into resonance, or saturates, etc.
Not sure if it’s “contra” your post. In physics there are effective theories and the Intentional Stance is an example of one, which is, indeed, a “low-energy” approximation. My point is not about energy level, but more about finding the limits of applicability to see the constituents better. For example in a control system it is hard to figure out the innards until you, say, open the feedback loop in some way, or find a regime where the the system goes into resonance, or saturates, etc.