Is It a State of Affair in Your Head?

i would say we need to realize, on plato's behalf, that that question is a question that bears tremendous reflection. Instead of being satisfied with the obviousness of our intelligibility, step back and call it seriously into question. Part of what you have to do is your paying attention to what's relevant or irrelevant. If i clap my hands, that's salient and grabs your attention. But notice, you can make things salient by directing your attention top down. How's your left shoulder doing? Oh, now it's salient to me. You so this when people are reading, right? All that's going on simultaneously. This is what i mean, the bottom up, top