Re: In the theater of consciousness

Posted by Nick Thompson on
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/In-the-theater-of-consciousness-tp3875347p3881907.html

Hmmm.  My assertion would be that if you articuilated what you MEAN by the
knowledge relation it would enevitably require those three elements.  

But I can see it might be a hard sell.

Nick

Nicholas S. Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology,
Clark University ([hidden email])
http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/




> [Original Message]
> From: David West <[hidden email]>
> To: nick thompson <[hidden email]>
> Date: 10/23/2009 4:05:22 PM
> Subject: Re:  In the theater of consciousness
>
>
> Nick, just a quick private reply until I get back from Florida and can
> participate in a more helpful manner.  But to intrigue/annoy you in the
> meantime -  you said
>
> > The argument is as follows:  Any knowledge requires a
knowledge-gathering
> > mechanism that uses cues.
>
> As a dedicated mystic I would reject this premise outright - there is no
> mechanism and the cues are the knowledge. Of course, the self in the
> audience of the Cartesian Theatre is merely an illusion.
>
> dave west



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