You must understand what you want to understand
…which close interactions matter, when considering the scope and structure of systems, depends fundamentally on what we’re interested in—that is, what we’re trying to understand.
—Haugeland, J., 2000: Mind Embodied and Embedded, pp. 10-11. Chapter 9 in Haugeland, J., 2000: Having Thought: Essays in the Metaphysics of Mind. Harvard University Press.
author:haugeland-john book:haugeland-having-thought paper:haugeland-mind-embodied-and-embedded snip:know-your-problem scope decomposition focus framing problem list:mind-body-world
