> I'm going in expecting a, um, computational theory of valence
Let's contrast that with physicalist theory of valence, such as the STV.
> So that's the real reason I don't believe in STV—it just looks wrong to me, in the same way that Mario's progress should not look like certain types of large-scale structure in SRAM bits.
Well, since the STV is a physicalist theory, a better analogy might be like: properties like viscosity of a fluid can be found by the overall structure of the fluid.
I'm going to start with your last point, because I thin... (read more)
> I'm going in expecting a, um, computational theory of valence
Let's contrast that with physicalist theory of valence, such as the STV.
> So that's the real reason I don't believe in STV—it just looks wrong to me, in the same way that Mario's progress should not look like certain types of large-scale structure in SRAM bits.
Well, since the STV is a physicalist theory, a better analogy might be like: properties like viscosity of a fluid can be found by the overall structure of the fluid.
I'm going to start with your last point, because I thin... (read more)