2) was a little surprised by how positively and extensively @_awbery_ talks about TMI, given that their blog posts and other comments have sounded a little critical
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3) re: subminds, there were some mentions of Minsky/Culadasa assuming some "master submind" which is in control. Was a little confused by that, since a prominent theme for both is that there is no such special submind or homunculus, and that it's all decision-making by committee.
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As I understand it, language such as "subduing subminds" refers to the dominant subminds subduing the rest, and is there mostly because one has to use the kind of homonculus-ish ontology because that's what people natively reason with until they've had enough no-self experiences.
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Replying to @xuenay @OortCloudAtlas
You’re saying that no-self experience proves there isn’t a homonculus? (Not sure I follow, but I am jet lagged and slow :-)
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It might be interesting to have a conversation about this, combining meditation and cogsci perspectives. Imo there are significant confusions in merging cognitivist anti-homuncular ideas and the anatman doctrine.
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Replying to @Meaningness @_awbery_ and
The issues here are extremely tricky, but it’s possible that seeing parallels between the errors of cognitivism and the errors of abhidharma could help illuminate both.
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I’d like to understand this topic better, would love to have a conversation on The Homonculus Illuminated.
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Well Michael suggested discussing this informally. Possibly we could try recording it and see how it goes. It’s really difficult material and we’d probably do an awful lot of “um, I don’t know, that doesn’t seem quite right, and on the other hand”ing
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Anything to get you back in the studio, David. ;) I can get my amazing editor
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Getting disestablishmentarianism in at some point is also effective in that respect.
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Inasmuch as representationalism is the establishment theory, I am confident we can manage that!
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