Setting aside the notion of metaphors, one might instead consider the brain as a Maxwell Demon organizing disorganized experience or raw perceptions (quale or entropy) into ordered thought (quanta or energy) by combining Boltzman's theorem with Peirce's categories:
FIRSTNESS = raw experience or quale, whose measure is entropy SECONDNESS = the organizing process (using intelligence)- Boltzmann theorem THIRDNESS = quanta or order or energy, which is information as wprds or thought The comp model would use all three of these entities- with all expressed as ergs, no need for the metaphors. This view of the brain as converting entropy(experience) into energy (thought) follows the path of other life processes. Roger Clough, [email protected] 9/15/2012 Leibniz would say, "If there's no God, we'd have to invent him so that everything could function." -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
