On Jul 19, 2010, at 4:40 AM, Magnus Berg wrote: > On 2010-07-19 09:43, MarshaV wrote: >> Imagining? You've got that right? > > Yes, I think I do. When you hold a stone in your hand, you see it from one > direction and can make a mental image of the whole stone. From that image, > you can imagine what would happen if you throw it, or throw it spinning on a > blank water surface to make it bounce, "throwing sandwich" as well call it in > Sweden. However, if you turn the stone around, you might see that it's not > very suitable for sandwich throwing. I have done that once or twice in my > life so I can very reliably tell from the look of a stone whether it will > bounce well or not. So, yes, there is a relationship between the stone and my > mental image of the stone. In this case it's good enough for judging the > stone's sandwich throwing suitability. > >> And very quickly is even sight overlaid >> by such imaginings. So quickly that actual sight is never seen. > > Sight? Normally, no. Just when scientists want to examine the sense of sight. > And in that case, sight is the object and takes the place of the stone above. > > Magnus
But that's just it Magnus, I say normally yes. Sight at its very least is not about identified objects, only form and color. But one can experience sight sans even form and color too. It is ALL conceived. It's useful and I wouldn't throw away any but the arrogance of thinking the "real" has been realized. Marsha ___ 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/md/archives.html
