Russell writes > John M. wrote > > > I believe if we are up to identifying concepts with > > common sense content as well, we should not restrict > > ourselves into the model-distinctions of (any) physics > > but generalize the meanings beyond such restrictions.
I agree: that is, so long as we can smoothly extend the concepts from daily life without conflict with other areas of knowledge. > > To Russell's 4 coordinates of (any?) event: how come > > the occurrence (event!) of a 'good idea' in my mind - > > (mind: not a thing, not a place, not time-restricted) > > should have t,x,y,z coordinates? > > I would say that the event occurs in your brain (the neural correlate > of whatever is going on in your mind). Whatever is going on in your > mind is something else - an "observation" perhaps. Interesting note about "mind": there is no German language equivalent for it. Another reason to be *very* careful when employing it. <Sarcastic comment about the possibility of Teutonic zombies elided.> In a very deep (but non-mathematical) book, "What is Thought?" by Eric Baum, the author decides to use "mind" as the name of the program the brain runs, and it seems to work out well. Lee
