Re: where mind begins and ends

[David Macy <***>]

Hey Steve,

    You know it used to be that articles like this would not have phased me.
Now though, that I'm really beginning to appreciate the inseperabilty of
mind and soma (or mind and somas), this kind of thing will probably begin to
irk me.  I was telling Judith once that while speaking with a guy who had a
Ph.D. in philosophy he asked, "where is the beginning and ending of
organism?"  I still think it's a pretty good question.  I mean don't these
guys consult their own cognitive psychologists?   Do you think if you
spanked them they could tell you then where consciousness resides?


David


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Johnson" <***>
To: <***>
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 10:58 AM
Subject: where mind begins and ends


> This is one of those self-congratulatory reductionist
> articles but still I thought is of general interest to
> thie list.
>
> - Steve
>
>
> Sometime in the next decade or so, neuroscientists
> will likely identify the specific neural networks and
> activity that generate the vague but vital thing we
> call consciousness. Delineating the infrastructure of
> awareness is biology's most difficult problem, but a
> leading researcher like Christof Koch, Gerald Edelman,
> or Stanislas Dehaene could soon solve it. Science will
> then possess what might be called a "consciometer"-a
> set of tests (probably an advanced version of a brain
> scan or EEG) that can measure consciousness the way
> kidney or lung function is now measured.
>
> http://www.slate.com/id/2120872/
>
>
>
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