Reasoning by analogy is one of the ways we solve the framing problem.
So, when explaining the universe we imagine it's an act of will by a conscious entity (ie., like how we invent). When explaining the mind we suppose it's like one of our inventions.
Absent an analogy of some kind it's quite hard to determine what features are salient. Objects have an essentially infinite number of properties.
So, when explaining the universe we imagine it's an act of will by a conscious entity (ie., like how we invent). When explaining the mind we suppose it's like one of our inventions.
Absent an analogy of some kind it's quite hard to determine what features are salient. Objects have an essentially infinite number of properties.