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You claimed that dreams were unconstrained by sensory input..... A limitation caused by the lack of sensory input is a natural constraint.
Cognitive science? The brain and peripheral nervous system develop and act together. You cannot have one without the other, and if you damage one you damage the other. There is no natural or logical delineation from sensory input organs and the brain. A lot of the processing, especially from reactive functions don't even require the brain, and are handled by just the spinal cord.
The idea that the body is a computer with sensory attachments is outdated. Our metal and physical development is a reaction of us engaging with our environment on a physical level.
I would say that reality consisist of what we can engage with in either a physical or metaphysical way. If it's simply something that we can't either mentally or physically interact with, then it is definitionally unimportant.
While I accept a dualistic version of reality, I propose that perception alone is not what determines reality. I think embodied cognition gives us a much more accurate depiction of reality we engage with.
For example, without a body what is a bicycle? Through just pure observation alone, it is nothing but a chunk of odly shaped metal and plastic. It is our physical interaction with the bicycle that gives it its true meaning.
Reality is not just what we observe, it is what we interact with on a physical level.
Good luck trying to understood this
Great rebuttal....really proves you know what you're trying to talk about!
Lol that is a funny autocorrect, but yeah, I'm done here
Something tells me you're not nuanced in the use of sarcasm......
I think I am allowed to respond to sarcasm without acknowledging it, it doesn't have to mean I don't understand it.