[Dave] And this is not the end of it we have at least two conceptions based on basic self/other split of the brain and how they work both separately, in parallel and at different speeds. We normal think of conception as associated with the left/language/reason side of the brain. But long before it has even kick in the other side has evaluated the perception and decided what it needed to do.
[Krimel] The left brain has areas specifically devoted to encoding and decoding language. Since language is how we express concept and turn them into intellectual patterns the left hemisphere. But both hemispheres are active in integrating sense data that is first filtered through the emotional system. Our pre-intellectual assessments begin in the midbrain and are elaborated, evaluated and extended in the cortex. The field of affective science or the study of emotions began in earnest around 1970 and much of that research suggests that emotions have their own rationality. They evolved to keep us alive. Reason is a second order function that allows us great extension in time. Reasons gives us access to the past and lets the experience of the past inform our decisions in the present. [Dave] I finished (not necessarily understood) "Zen and the Brain" last month and the complexities of how the brain works make one wonder how it works at all. [Krimel] Yes it is complicated and what we have at present is a kind of impressionistic sketch of what is going on. Still it is refreshing to talk to someone who at least recognizes that biology is relevant. I spent about two years arguing just that point with people who think the mind has no real relation to the body. Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
