Can an Idea Exist Without a Mind? To question: "Can an idea exist without a mind?" not only probes the definition of an idea, but the nature of a mind. Is an idea the product of language? Is representation required to think? Is memory a representational map of our experience? If the computer is empowered with a robot, so that it can do something about the programmes it contains and uses to process data, is it like us? What about values? What about significance? What about meaning? … [Read more...]
Can an Idea Exist Without a Mind ?
December 16, 2013 by admin
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EVE REVERE: The YIN MIND – Systemic Scheme Enlargement
December 8, 2011 by admin
The YIN MIND ___________________________________________________________ Do we want to solve problems or do we want to find systemic optimums and discover high ideals? The problem / remedy paradigm directs our attention by means of the question: What’s wrong? Our culture, our society, is saturated with this orientation. In the face of an overwhelming info-glut 1) we specialize, 2) we simplify (by arbitrary elimination), 3) we break problems down (into manageable parts). What if the real … [Read more...]
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