Jochen, I take metaphors VERY seriously; I think they are the wet edge of science.
But a metaphor is only as good as its heuristic power and i can't see what this one implies. N Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology, Clark University ([email protected]) http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ http://www.cusf.org [City University of Santa Fe] > [Original Message] > From: Jochen Fromm <[email protected]> > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected]> > Date: 5/6/2010 4:10:46 AM > Subject: [FRIAM] The coat hook of the mind > > Bergson allegedly said that the brain is the > coat hook of the mind ("das Gehirn ist der > Kleiderhaken des Geistes"), but I can't pin > down the origin of this quote. > > In modern language, one could say that the brain > is like a wire frame model or polygon mesh of the > mind: the vertices correspond to neural assemblies, > and the edges to connections betwen them. > > Are these metaphors useful? > > -J. > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
