Do Explain with Christofer Lövgren

#36 - [The Chapman Series, Pt. 1] Cognitivism, Representationalism, and Rationalism

Jan 26, 2022

02:01:40

Episode guests

David Chapman

Jake Orthwein

Highlights

AI Chapters

Episode notes

Is There a Supernatural Argument for Computational Universality?

05:44

The Picture Theory of Language, by Kaswickenstein

05:10

Is the Mind a Conscious Thing?

01:33

Introduction

3min

What's the Difference Between Logic and Meaning?

5min

Is There a Flip in Ethno Methodology?

3min

Docian View of Critical Rationalism

2min

Is the Mind a Conscious Thing?

2min

What Is Inexplicit?

2min

Model Building Is Not the Only Thing We Do

2min

Is There a Fire Wall Between Perception and Action?

5min

What's the Problem With the Direct Caustal Connection?

3min

10.

Is It Relevant? Is It Relevant Yet Duality?

2min

11.

The Cognitive Science Tradition, and the Philosophical One, Is Hydegerok.

6min

12.

The Ontology of Object Likeness

2min

13.

I Think It Could Be Useful in the Context of What You've Said So Far.

1min

14.

What Is a Single Laid Organism?

5min

15.

The Single Celld Organism Is a Single Cell, Right?

2min

16.

The Evolution of Genetic Knowledge Is a Conjecture Refutation

2min

17.

The Value of Perception, Rather Than Objectively Representing Things

2min

18.

What Is a Representational Model?

4min

19.

The Commnatorial Explosion Problem

5min

20.

A Cup Is a Cup, Right?

2min

21.

Is There a Cup in the Environment?

3min

22.

We Are a General Purpose Thing

2min

23.

Is There a Supernatural Argument for Computational Universality?

6min

24.

The Idea of Indexical Representation

2min

25.

What Does an Indexical Representation Really Mean?

2min

26.

The Problem Situation From a Parparian Landsoer Perspective

4min

27.

Count the Number of Pebbles in the Bucket

6min

28.

The Pebble Isn't Inherently About the Sheep in Any Objective Sense.

2min

29.

The Oat Yoghurt and the Pebbles in Your Head

2min

30.

What's the Oat Yoghurt in the Room?

4min

31.

The Number in Your Head Is Not Herent to the Number

2min

32.

What Does It Mean to Think About Something?

3min

33.

What Is the Meaning of a Representation?

2min

34.

I've Always Been Like, Ok, Witkenstein, but It's Bad.

3min

35.

The Picture Theory of Language, by Kaswickenstein

5min

36.

What's the Activity of Interpretation?

2min

37.

What Is the Inherent Meaning of Words?

6min

38.

What Is an Arm?

4min

39.

Is There a Theory of Epistemology as Such?

2min

40.

What's the Best Thing About Oatoger Tooth?

2min

This is part 1 of a series where Christofer investigates the ideas of David Chapman with his friend Jake Orthwein. The material covered is mainly from Chapman's two books: 'Meaningness' (meaningness.com) and 'In the Cells of the Eggplant' (metarationality.com).

In the first episode they focus on problematic cognitivist assumptions that undergird much of Deutsch's critical rationalism. They talk about Heidegger's idea of coping with the world, the relationship between cognition, perception and action, how representations get their meaning, and how Wittgenstein got some shit right.

Jake Orthwein is a writer and filmmaker based in Santa Monica, CA. He studied film and cognitive science at the University of Southern California and currently works as Director of Media for the Psychology of Technology Institute, an academic non-profit focused on improving research on the human-technology relationship. He is also a long term meditator.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JakeOrthwein
Website: https://frameproblems.com/

Support the podcast at:
https://www.patreon.com/doexplain (monthly)
https://ko-fi.com/doexplain (one-time)

Find Christofer on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/ReachChristofer

Remember Everything You Learn from Podcasts

Save insights instantly, chat with episodes, and build lasting knowledge - all powered by AI.