More than the mind-body problem, the self, question of language and reality, whether the world exists, or we exist, the underlying philosophical conundrum is the WOOD-TREES PROBLEM. We cannot know the world, and ourselves, not because the world is somehow unknowable or indescribable, or (necessarily) because we are just poor, forked creatures crawling blindly upon its face.
Rather the philosophical obstacle that faces us every moment of our lives is that, in the old saying, we cannot see the wood for the trees. This is the wood-trees problem. Perhaps this is the human condition. This is one attempt to explore a little way between the trees...
