Word. Systems of thought are, almost by definition, fixed; reality is fluid. It is impossible for a system of thought to accurately reflect reality more than twice a day.
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And, in fact, yes, we do look to sufficiently advanced chemistry to answer biological questions—biochem is a huge discipline. Why not neuro-epistemology?
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the hybrid terms get right to it, though, don't they? it isn't one discipline providing the answers so another doesn't have to, it's one discipline informing another. which neuroscience can tremendously do for epistemology, absolutely
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Is it though? Someday, when you ask “how do I know what I know,” they’ll be able to walk you through it neuron by neuron, structure by structure. Granted, they’ll need a very powerful computer to do it, but why not?
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because the attempt to comprehend a painting molecule-by-molecule will leave you dead of old age not very far into it and with no idea what it was a painting of
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