The “hearer” is nothing more than certain patterns of neuron firing
I agree, but of course you don’t literally mean what you’re saying here if you’re truly a reductionist. I think the problem people have thinking about this is that people are thinking about what we’re seeing in neurons with modern science, rather than what the neurons are actually doing and what the computations and physics they’re actually reducing to are.
Yes, I do literally mean this. Of course, when I say “patterns of neurons firing”, that is nothing more than a compact way to talk about the brain biochemistry and cells going on.
I agree, but of course you don’t literally mean what you’re saying here if you’re truly a reductionist. I think the problem people have thinking about this is that people are thinking about what we’re seeing in neurons with modern science, rather than what the neurons are actually doing and what the computations and physics they’re actually reducing to are.
Yes, I do literally mean this. Of course, when I say “patterns of neurons firing”, that is nothing more than a compact way to talk about the brain biochemistry and cells going on.