ChristianKl comments on A future for neuroscience

ChristianKl 20 Aug 2018 13:59 UTC
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Philosophers squabble over the ontology of objects, but generally physics and folk psychology seem to be doing a good job dealing with things.
I don’t think folk psychology does a good job at ontology when it comes to speaking about subjects like depression or willpower.
V. New theory of language & meaning
How does what you propose there differ from General Semantics?
- Mike Johnson 20 Aug 2018 17:40 UTC
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  I don’t think folk psychology does a good job at ontology when it comes to speaking about subjects like depression or willpower.
  I’d agree with that.
  How does what you propose there differ from General Semantics?
  I don’t know enough about General Semantics to offer much here, but from a quick reading of Wikipedia it feels like GS is aimed at a slightly different goal, and relies on a much different algorithmic stack, than a CSHW-inspired theory of language and meaning. Would be glad to hear your thoughts.