The desire to explain that matter is something is just a left over from a pre scientific way of thinking about things. Mishy stern says, i recently heard your interview with daniel dennett. You discuss the manifest and scientific image. My question is, as the years go by, do the things in the realm of the scientific image move to the realm ofthe manifest image? What once was considered essential becomes a useful, superficial description like molecules or atoms.
Welcome to the March 2022 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). I take the large number of questions asked by Patreons, whittle them down to a more manageable size — based primarily on whether I have anything interesting to say about them, not whether the questions themselves are good — and sometimes group them together if they are about a similar topic. Enjoy!
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