Re: [FRIAM] In the theater of consciousness

2009-10-25 Thread Jochen Fromm
A thoughtful response. You are right, one inconsistency for the theater metaphor is the missing distinction between sensoric and motoric regions. The coupling between them is also completely neglected. Another one is the missing distinction between different levels of abstraction for the various

Re: [FRIAM] In the theater of consciousness

2009-10-25 Thread Nicholas Thompson
Jochen, et al, I have now read Baars, as best I can, and he seems to be headed in precisely the direction you suggest. Stages within stages; theatres all the way down. Nick Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology, Clark University (nthomp...@clarku.edu)