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On Aug 5, 2011, at 8:55 AM, Ian Glendinning wrote: > I didn't say "all" Marsha, I listed the ones I respected, > > And no (being consistent and coherent) I don't exempt these from the > narrative side of epistemology (even in science) - they all get it > too, and they are writers of anecdote-filled books, some of them much > repeated and apocryphal, if not mystical. Need more evidence ? Both > Haidt and McGilchrist (and others) rely on references to Al McIntyre > too, and Homer and Virgil, and ... a trail that led me to Boyd (On the > Origin of Stories) and Dutton (The Art Instinct). > > BTW, great fun to follow the links on these subjects, prompted by you today. > Search "free won't" (in the quotation marks) on the blog and it leads > you to two posts. Follow all the linked > linked posts from there and > back again. There is a wonderful comment thread involving Alice and > Matt on Wegner and the "illusion" of conscious free-will. Says a lot > about "respect" and MD. > > Finally, yeah, when I says "self" I do try to keep the perspective on > the reality of little and big self interpretations. Good to avoid too > objectifying self - you know I agree. This is why I'm such a fan of > Dennett. Yes we need to talk about self to make any sense to each > other, but that is perfectly consistent with believing self is largely > illusory - humans can be pretty sophisticated in holding many complex > thoughts in play - if they give each other respect I find. > > Gotta go. Work to do. > Ian > > On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 1:24 PM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Ian, >> >> I am in the no-self (anatta) camp, but like everything else there >> are subtleties to consider: 'sense of self' which I know exists >> and actual self which is missing. "I feel my emotions therefore >> I am." doesn't do much for me. How you use your brain / body >> is only a consideration if you have awareness in the present. >> Otherwise, it seems to me the patterns have you. >> >> Not much left for consideration in the brain/mind workings if you >> take all the neuroscientists to hold the truth. Didn't we recently >> discuss that science is story-telling? Do you exempt your favorites: >> Zeman / Austin / Sacks /Ramchandran, now McGilchrist from that >> category? >> >> Anyway, it certainly is interesting. >> >> I am almost through with the Albahari book, but I am going to >> reread it immediately. >> >> >> 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
