O wow! You're in for a treat! You gotta read Antonio Damasio's books. Begin with Descartes Error. But Google him and take your pick. Also see Barbara Stafford's Echo Objects (relating art and neurology, etc.)
WC --- On Tue, 9/30/08, GEOFF CREALOCK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: GEOFF CREALOCK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Consciousness Assayed > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2008, 5:08 PM > I'm only aware of "Musicophilia" as Sack's > most recent work. Does someone > else have a title? > Damasio is new to me. > Geoff C > > >From: William Conger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: Consciousness Assayed > >Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:02:55 -0700 (PDT) > > > >Isn't there a new book by Oliver Sacks on this > issue? And Damasio's books, > >Descartes Error, The Feeling of What Happens, also give > case studies. > >WC > > > > > >--- On Tue, 9/30/08, GEOFF CREALOCK > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > From: GEOFF CREALOCK > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Subject: Re: Consciousness Assayed > > > To: [email protected] > > > Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2008, 4:44 PM > > > I agree with most of what William wrote/opined in > his last > > > post. > > > I understand the feeling/reasoning function a > little > > > differently. > > > Logic/reasoning and feeling are present in our > thinkng. At > > > times the > > > proportion of one may approach zero ("Snakes > in a > > > Pllane" or recalling a > > > phone number). That they occur together does not > imply that > > > each requires > > > the other. > > > Geoff C > > > > > > > ------
