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Re:Eastern philosophy says there is no “self.” Science agrees by xvedejas on Friday June 09, 2023 @08:46PM (#36266367)
All numbers are just processes we treat like a number. "Four" is not a "real thing", it's a mental model / description that sometimes applies to real things; infinity too.
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Re:Eastern philosophy says there is no “self.” Science agrees by golemotron on Friday June 09, 2023 @08:48PM (#36266379)
Thanks. Reification again.
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Re:Eastern philosophy says there is no “self.” Science agrees by smegsicle on Friday June 09, 2023 @10:20PM (#36266906)
you keep using that word
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Re:Eastern philosophy says there is no “self.” Science agrees by slowmovintarget on Saturday June 10, 2023 @12:43AM (#36267660)
Clojure programmers are welcome here.
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Re:Eastern philosophy says there is no “self.” Science agrees by falcor84 on Saturday June 10, 2023 @12:47PM (#36272156)
That is indeed the right word - the way that we "concretize" processes into objects.

See in particular Anna Sfard's papers on this, e.g. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/226161879_The_Gains...

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