>>This representation of your mental construct is as different from the mental construct it represents as the your mental construct of a basketball is different from the basketball it represents. They’re fundamentally different things, regardless of how good you are at recognizing when you’ve noticed a thing.
>On the contrary: these are not fundamentally different things, but rather, the same kind of thing—namely, they are both mental representations. (We might say that they are different instances, but not different classes.)
“No, your car and my car aren’t different things! The fact that yours is an actual car and mine is a cardboard cutout shaped to represent one is irrelevant because they’re both physical objects so they’re the same kind of thing! Which is all that really matters, since distinctions don’t exist as long as similarities do, and they can be used interchangeably! Don’t mind if I swap you, like for like...”
Okay, I see how you manage to not get it. This is really blatant. I guess I’m just going to have to curse you as a rat bastard and remember what standards you hold for yourself.
>>This representation of your mental construct is as different from the mental construct it represents as the your mental construct of a basketball is different from the basketball it represents. They’re fundamentally different things, regardless of how good you are at recognizing when you’ve noticed a thing.
>On the contrary: these are not fundamentally different things, but rather, the same kind of thing—namely, they are both mental representations. (We might say that they are different instances, but not different classes.)
“No, your car and my car aren’t different things! The fact that yours is an actual car and mine is a cardboard cutout shaped to represent one is irrelevant because they’re both physical objects so they’re the same kind of thing! Which is all that really matters, since distinctions don’t exist as long as similarities do, and they can be used interchangeably! Don’t mind if I swap you, like for like...”
Okay, I see how you manage to not get it. This is really blatant. I guess I’m just going to have to curse you as a rat bastard and remember what standards you hold for yourself.
Let me know if they change.