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

Posted by Eric Charles on Sep 20, 2012; 10:30pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Cognition-and-Calculus-WAS-faith-zombies-and-crazy-people-tp7580628p7580653.html

Arlo,
Yes and no. Yes, that is the general idea: When we start using psychological terms, we are talking about some pattern of action-relative-to-the-world. If that pattern is a function, then any given behavior akin to a point value and/or the derivative at that point depending on how we want to look at it. So, then, No: At least in that calculus-on-a-function is certainly not the only mathematics available to us, and I wouldn't want to commit hastily to that particular definition of 'feelings'.

Glen,
Yes, that is the book! It is not too surprising no one has it yet. You will note that the official publication date was 5 weeks ago. That is close enough that I couldn't even be sure if any copies have even shipped yet. Here is the link to the publisher http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415444828/

Eric

On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 01:39 PM, Arlo Barnes <[hidden email]> wrote:

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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Penn State University
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