Re: [FRIAM] Oliver Sacks on Consciousness

2019-12-18 Thread Grant Holland
Great citation. Thanks, Frank. G. > On Dec 17, 2019, at 2:36 PM, Frank Wimberly wrote: > > "Since the last third of the twentieth century, the whole tenor of neurology > and Neuroscience has been moving towards such a dynamic and constructional > view of the brain, a sense that even at the

Re: [FRIAM] Digital Monism — was (re: constructive explanations which (was Re: A pluralistic model of the mind?))

2019-12-18 Thread thompnickson2
Hi, Dave, I have to think about what you say here, apart from the etymology. Speaking of etymology, I can't tell if etymonline SUPPLEMENTS or DISPUTES your etymology of "design". See what you think. Here it is: design (v.) late 14c., "to make, shape," ultimately from Latin

[FRIAM] Digital Monism — was (re: constructive explanations which (was Re: A pluralistic model of the mind?))

2019-12-18 Thread Prof David West
re: creation "Design," is associated, in contemporary times, with novelty, creation, and innovation — something that "springs forth in the mind of the designer, appearing from nowhere and grounded only in the genius of the designer." [West & Rikner, Design Thinking, 2018] This is