tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617569.post901585110085062899..comments2024-03-27T02:13:58.088-07:00Comments on Integral Options Cafe: Biology of Consciousness - Gerald M. Edelman, Joseph A. Gally & Bernard J. Baarswilliam harrymanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981478282688361274noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617569.post-3273572993380131202011-09-16T10:17:16.050-07:002011-09-16T10:17:16.050-07:00Most materialists know dangerously little about ma...Most materialists know dangerously little about matter as encountered in physics and chemistry, and in fact proceed with notions of substance and attribute which are Scholastic at their roots. <br />Baars' metaphor is Thomas Hobbes' "body politic" made over as the Organizational Man of Herbert Simon. And Hobbes, who was wildly popular in his day, gave his traditionalism as The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity! So what they mean by consciousness is a discipline of thought, something not otherwise discussed in the West.Orwin O'Dowdhttp://forum.newworldencyclopedia.org/index.php/2011/07/re-valuing-a-way-through-illusions-by-orwin-odowd/noreply@blogger.com