Abstraction & Idealization: AI's Plato Problem [Mazviita Chirimuuta]

Professor Mazviita Chirimuuta discusses the philosophical underpinnings of neuroscience, challenging the brain-as-computer metaphor. She introduces 'haptic realism'—a view of knowledge as interactive and constructed—and argues for the inseparability of embodiment, finitude, and true understanding in both humans and AI.