tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post3110857096860314721..comments2024-03-28T07:57:49.338+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: Psychotechnic Theory Of MindKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-66103953947873495422015-12-09T10:22:10.752+00:002015-12-09T10:22:10.752+00:00Sean,
Here is my best attempt: mobile marine organ...Sean,<br />Here is my best attempt: mobile marine organisms were naturally selected for sensitivity to environmental alterations; organismic sensitivity quantitatively increased until it was qualitatively transformed into conscious sensation; then, sensation was naturally selected because pleasure and pain have survival value; cerebral processing changed mere sensations (e.g., feeling hot) into perception of discrete objects (e.g., that is hot); implicit in perception is the subject of perception (e.g., I perceive that that is hot).<br />Paul.Paul Shackleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04180596532266581425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-47998140530886741332015-12-09T07:46:14.430+00:002015-12-09T07:46:14.430+00:00Kaor, Paul!
And I'm sure many philosophers ha...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />And I'm sure many philosophers have pondered problems like HOW consciousness/self awareness could arise from this union of the mind and body. And I'm sure many other related questions and problems were discussed by thinkers.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-33716055447042139602015-12-08T21:40:41.527+00:002015-12-08T21:40:41.527+00:00Sean,
This is the mind-body problem. A body and br...Sean,<br />This is the mind-body problem. A body and brain are a human being as perceived by others whereas that human being's consciousness is his/her perceptions of everything else so it should not surprise us that the body and brain are qualitatively different from the consciousness.<br />Paul.Paul Shackleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04180596532266581425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-91338284370570743142015-12-08T19:44:50.033+00:002015-12-08T19:44:50.033+00:00Kaor, Paul!
I think you are touching here on the ...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />I think you are touching here on the ancient mind/body problem which so many philosophers and theologians have wrestled with for many centuries. And one on which I am thoroughly unqualified to comment. If my memory is correct Mortimer Adler discussed this issue in THE DIFFERENCE OF MAN AND THE DIFFERENCE IT MAKES Meridian: 1973).<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com