Hmm, okay, thanks for trying to help me understand. How is “reality doesn’t come with labels” different from the earlier “all interpretations are wrong [but some are useful]”? I still struggle with understanding where my discomfort with the anti-realist stance comes from. I agree that categories are made by us. But what am I missing when I say
“There is a reality that is governed by simple laws that result in complex patterns. We try to understand this reality by imposing coarse and often misleading labels. Some concepts like elan vital are more misleading, some are less misleading, like atoms. For some concepts it’s still very unclear what they correspond to, for example conscious experiences, but it seems premature to conclude that they are so misleading as being worth abandoning.”
Hmm, okay, thanks for trying to help me understand. How is “reality doesn’t come with labels” different from the earlier “all interpretations are wrong [but some are useful]”? I still struggle with understanding where my discomfort with the anti-realist stance comes from. I agree that categories are made by us. But what am I missing when I say