I meant it’s an argument that attempts to take an inside view into the causes of believing the relative extent to which nature is well-carved at “qualia”, rather than one that takes the outside view of “categories we create are better than chance at describing reality well, because our brains are neat that way, and I feel really confident they’re so good that they almost never mess up”.
I say later “Beliefs are probabilistic” so my beliefs aren’t outside the realm of healthy skepticism, the way Phlebas’ are as he he “suspects” what the outcome of this, as determined by further discovery/thought. My “belief” isn’t different in kind from his “suspicion” regarding the correct answers to these questions we are considering.
You are right.
I meant it’s an argument that attempts to take an inside view into the causes of believing the relative extent to which nature is well-carved at “qualia”, rather than one that takes the outside view of “categories we create are better than chance at describing reality well, because our brains are neat that way, and I feel really confident they’re so good that they almost never mess up”.
I say later “Beliefs are probabilistic” so my beliefs aren’t outside the realm of healthy skepticism, the way Phlebas’ are as he he “suspects” what the outcome of this, as determined by further discovery/thought. My “belief” isn’t different in kind from his “suspicion” regarding the correct answers to these questions we are considering.