Re: Cognition and Calculus, WAS: faith, zombies, and crazy people

Posted by Nick Thompson on Sep 20, 2012; 10:24pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Cognition-and-Calculus-WAS-faith-zombies-and-crazy-people-tp7580628p7580651.html

Arlo, 

 

Well, I am not really man enough to say anything like that, but if I were, I think I would more likely say that feelings are the derivative of actions.    When we speak of intentions we are actually “instantiating” actions.    Velocity at an instant is a kind of non-sense which modern science has made good use of.  Intention at an instant is a similar kind of nonsense, but I am not sure psychology has made good on it. 

 

Nick

 

From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Arlo Barnes
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 1:40 PM
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So if you are saying that actions are the derivative of feelings, because feelings are [an interpretation of] a trend, does that mean all we have to do to perceive intent is to find the integral of an action function, indefinite as the result may be?

-Arlo James Barnes

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