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A moment of reflection
Reading Thomas Nagel’s seminal “What is it like to be a bat?” There is a mantra I find myself repeating:
THE MAP IS NOT THE TERRITORY.
Some food for thought, emphasis mine.
[There's a paper here, waiting to be written, about the relation of a presupposed subjective character of experience, the myth of the given, esoteric and exoteric [...]
The Complex Mind: Ideas on Emergent Consciousness
This is a paper I wrote for my course in Order, Chaos and Complexity (given by the wonderfully -talented but stingy on the grade Dr. Yoav Ben-Dov, who I wholeheartedly recommend studying with if you ever have the chance). I figured since it was in English, I may as well post it here for posterity. [...]