(September 18, 2016 at 12:51 pm)Bunburryist Wrote: Now, if I want to ask myself what is in the box, I don’t want to say “what kind of cat is in the box?” No. I want a “neutral pointer” – a way of referring to what is in the box while implying as little as possible about its nature....The neutral point SAYS NOTHING about what is in the box.
Not to strain the metaphor too much, but what is the nature of the box?