In light of some recent comments about there being no such thing as mind, I wonder what some on this list think is making these phyiological changes in the brain that Schwartz appears to have found in his work with OCD.
Selma ----- Original Message ----- From: "Selma Singer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brad McCormick, Ed.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 7:24 PM Subject: Re: [Futurework] new book + Book that needs to be written > From what I can gather from the reviews, Schwartz and Begley make a very > different argument; they appear to be saying that the mind is an entity of > its own that can physically change the brain; from there, it seems they get > to the free will issue. > > Selma > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brad McCormick, Ed.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Selma Singer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 7:11 PM > Subject: Re: [Futurework] new book + Book that needs to be written > > > > Selma Singer wrote: > > > I have just ordered the book *The Mind and The Brain* by Jeffrey > > > Schwartz and Sharon Begley. > > > > > > Has anyone read this? I found the reviews particularly interesting in > > > that he argues that we can use our minds to change the wiring of our > > > brains. Apparently he has considerable evidence from his work with > > > Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. > > > > > > Apparently he brings in all kinds of interesting stuff about free will > > > in regard to this newly discovered information from his studies. > > > > I'm waiting for a book titled: > > > > _The brain in the mind_ > > > > which would detail how contemporary schooled Western persons > > constitute the notion of *brain*, and also manage to > > *believe* that the mind is in the brain (like Medieval > > persons used to believe in God, etc.). > > > > \brad mccormick > > > > -- > > Let your light so shine before men, > > that they may see your good works.... (Matt 5:16) > > > > Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (1 Thes 5:21) > > > > <![%THINK;[SGML+APL]]> Brad McCormick, Ed.D. / [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > Visit my website ==> http://www.users.cloud9.net/~bradmcc/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Futurework mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
