Hi Zale, Thanks for the pointer. My book, What is Thought? suggested that mind arises through a generalized Occam's razor as evolution discovered an extremely compact program capable of dealing effectively with the world. Such metaphoric phenomena then are seen as reflecting code reuse arise in a natural way.
Eric Baum http://whatisthought.com Gabriel> Hi Eugen, Here's some research to suggest that Gabriel> representations of space and time might not be so different. Gabriel> From the abstract: Gabriel> "The present paper evaluates the claim that abstract Gabriel> conceptual domains are structured through metaphorical Gabriel> mappings from domains grounded directly in experience. In Gabriel> particular, the paper asks whether the abstract domain of Gabriel> time gets its relational structure from the more concrete Gabriel> domain of space. Relational similarities between space and Gabriel> time are outlined along with several explanations of how Gabriel> these similarities may have arisen..." Gabriel> An interesting read. Gabriel> http://psychology.stanford.edu/~lera/papers/metaphors.pdf Gabriel> (By the way, I'm new here; looking forward to meeting you Gabriel> all.) Gabriel> Zale Gabriel> ------- To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily Gabriel> deactivate your subscription, please go to Gabriel> http://v2.listbox.com/member/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ------- To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your subscription, please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
