Full Idea
For the purposes of building theories and models that predict and explain (brain) responses, individuality must be blurred out and a uniformity of categorisations must be imposed.
Gist of Idea
To build theories and models, individuality must be blurred out in categorisation
Source
Mazviita Chirimuuta (The Brain Abstracted [2024], 1.2)
A Reaction
She asserts this about brain science, but also about all of science. No two electrons are identical, because they all in different states of energy and relations. I agree. The question then is 'to what extent' are categorised individuals the same?
Book Reference
Mazviita Chirimuuta: 'The Brain Abstracted' [MIT 2024], p.8