At the moment, I think it's just the (grammatical) gap between a warranted belief and true belief. In other words, it expresses our caution, our finitude, our willingness to edit our governing beliefs. — Pie
The word 'horse' is not a real horse and will never be a real horse. — Olivier5
Are electrons part of the map of tuna fish sandwiches and promises? — Pie
I like this idea, by the way. We could keep finding tinier, more and more fundamental things. — Pie
I also don't know what it is you are objecting against? — Christoffer
'The map is not the territory.' — Pie
Noumena. Of course people still debate the best interpretation, and I understand why the concept was tempting (as the territory), but I suspect the the true/warranted distinction does the same work with less confusion. — Pie
But of course in order to understand that the map is not the territory, one must have access to both the map and the territory. — Banno
Maps have to represent something... What's the use of a map about nothing? — Olivier5
What does the map represent ? — Pie
Let me repeat my theory. The world is something like the set of true claims. If we try to jam the map metaphor into this new context, we might say that the 'map' is our set of warranted but defeasible claims. But we can also just drop the representation metaphor (maps, lenses, mirrors). — Pie
But it also follows that "the set of all true claims" is also a representation, a "map". It would be the map of an omniscient, supernatural entity. — Olivier5
Our human maps are gross simplifications of their territory, always. That's why they are useful to us, feeble humans. There is such a thing as "too much information". — Olivier5
The world is the real thing, the ground of being. It is. — Olivier5
I'm fine with that, because it does not imply an observer. — Olivier5
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