Re: death of the mind.

From: Glen M. Sizemore (gmsizemore2_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/28/04 

Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 15:35:59 -0400

P: Mind is the faculty which allows us to reenact
   previous experience and to piece together fragments
   of previous experience to practice future behavior.

It would be nice to arrive at some operational definition so that we
could talk about these things.

GS: This is not an operational definition in either the Skinnerian or
non-Skinnerian sense. Which sort of "operational definition" were you
looking for?

"patty" <pattyNO@SPAMicyberspace.net> wrote in message
news:bN3Yc.85013$mD.43269@attbi_s02...
> Wolf Kirchmeir wrote:
> > patty wrote:
> >
> >> [...]
> >>
> >> You dont need *any* external stimuli to navigate your house. You can
> >> do it without even getting out of bed. Fact is you can reenact
> >> previous experience. What is the problem with calling the faculty
> >> which allows you to reenact previous experience a "mind" ?
> >>
> >> patty
> >
> >
> > Nothing - so long as we all know what you mean by it. But "mind" is a
> > word with many meanings, (as as "meaning", for that matter.) So I'd
> > rather not use it.
> >
>
> Well actually i defined what i meant by "mind" above. But i would like
> to expand it a bit:
>
> Mind is the faculty which allows us to reenact
> previous experience and to piece together fragments
> of previous experience to practice future behavior.
>
> It would be nice to arrive at some operational definition so that we
> could talk about these things.
>
> > Related anecdote: My senior students regularly asked me if I believed in
> > god. My standard answer was, you tell me what you mean by "god" and
> > "beleive in", and I'll you. Not one student was ever able to do that -
> > not even the well-trained "christian" ones.
>
> You are a wise man, Wolf :)
>
> patty

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