Cogitations regarding the "mind"
why do we selectively retain some memories not others ?
To understand this we must understand the physiological basis of memory itself. (The assumption is that memory is imprinted activity in the brain).Then determine why some of the physiology remains as an imprint and not others.
Is the mind= electrochemical brain activity .
or mind = interaction of brain with internal/external stimuli which results in electrical activity in the brain
or there is something called the individual thought process and the cosmic thought process (for which evidence is required) which is separated by the physical body.
Am reading Prof. Pinker's book "the blank slate".Brilliant effort and exceptionally thought out and argued. However the argument that "all languages are cut from the same cloth" p 37 is too simplistic a proposal based on the argument that any language can be used to convey any proposition. For e.g the concept of shraddha in hindi cannot be translated to respect in English. "Shradhha is the emergence of respect, regard, humility and self-belief. Similarly "buddhi" is not = intelligence. buddhi is emergence of intelligence, knowing and wisdom.
To understand this we must understand the physiological basis of memory itself. (The assumption is that memory is imprinted activity in the brain).Then determine why some of the physiology remains as an imprint and not others.
Is the mind= electrochemical brain activity .
or mind = interaction of brain with internal/external stimuli which results in electrical activity in the brain
or there is something called the individual thought process and the cosmic thought process (for which evidence is required) which is separated by the physical body.
Am reading Prof. Pinker's book "the blank slate".Brilliant effort and exceptionally thought out and argued. However the argument that "all languages are cut from the same cloth" p 37 is too simplistic a proposal based on the argument that any language can be used to convey any proposition. For e.g the concept of shraddha in hindi cannot be translated to respect in English. "Shradhha is the emergence of respect, regard, humility and self-belief. Similarly "buddhi" is not = intelligence. buddhi is emergence of intelligence, knowing and wisdom.
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