Gary ~ Thanks! I will look at it. Regards, Tom Wyrick
> On Oct 23, 2015, at 5:24 PM, <[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote: > > Tom W., > > The question of how the brain does semiosis is an interesting one, to which I > devoted quite a bit of the research that went into my book Turning Signs. The > major sources I consulted are listed at > http://www.gnusystems.ca/meanlist.htm#brain (scroll both up and down from > there). What I gleaned from this research is woven into several chapters of > the book and I won’t even try to summarize it here. My blog posts like this > one, on the other hand, are more like applications of (or footnotes to) the > more systematic presentation in the book. If you want my description of how > the brain does semiosis, you can try the middle chapters of the book. > > } I'm not young enough to know everything. [J.M. Barrie] { > http://gnusystems.ca/wp/ }{ Turning Signs gateway > > From: Thomas [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 23-Oct-15 14:40 > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Seeing things > > Gary, List ~ > "The chaotic background murmur and crackle of neurons firing, cells doing > what they muddily must to stay alive, organizes itself into definite rhythmic > patterns, and lo, forms emerge and begin to branch. Presence parts from > itself and proliferates as the branches take names." > > > I like how this quote points to the physical presence of objects and > interpretants in the brain, and the habitual paths connecting relevant > neurons. However, I would have liked it more if your quote had been less > lyrical, and instead had described the physical mechanism by which a > collection of neurons form an object-interpretant relationship in the brain. > > > I certainly believe they do that. > > > Steve Jobs likened creativity to "connecting the dots" in useful ways that > other people haven't before. Those 'dots' are neurons (grey matter) and they > rely on electrochemical energy to connect via the brain's white matter. As > they make connections with more neurons over the passage of time, some > neurons grow larger/dominant and subsequently receive and send out > electrochemical signals more efficiently than the others. Thereafter, > connections between those enlarged neurons form 'paths' in the physical brain > (object+interpretant relationships), so those larger/connected neurons are > more likely to contribute to logical deductions in the future. > > > I believe that brain researchers have identified all of the physical > mechanisms mentioned above. Identifying the larger/connected neurons as > object-interpretant relationships is my perspective (i.e., abduction). > Relationships between neurons are 'habits' nourished over time by a flow of > electrochemical energy. In solving today's puzzle the energy may flow from > neuron A to B, but in solving tomorrow's puzzle it may flow from B to A. The > object and interpretant status of neurons is ever-changing, and varies with > the Pragmatic objective. > > Regards, > Tom Wyrick > > > ----------------------------- > PEIRCE-L subscribers: Click on "Reply List" or "Reply All" to REPLY ON > PEIRCE-L to this message. PEIRCE-L posts should go to [email protected] > . To UNSUBSCRIBE, send a message not to PEIRCE-L but to [email protected] > with the line "UNSubscribe PEIRCE-L" in the BODY of the message. More at > http://www.cspeirce.com/peirce-l/peirce-l.htm . > > > >
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