How is thinking something different from having a thought? WC --- On Sat, 12/20/08, Geoff <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Geoff <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Geoff, Neurology and "Art" > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, December 20, 2008, 5:00 PM > Michael: If you have any references to neuroscience or > neurology or > neuropsychology as to how the brain produces thoughts > I'd be interested. I'm > familiar with linking of brain imaging to direction and > length of gaze so > that's not involved. If I'm also not (at the > moment) interested in the brain > area implicated when a patient/person is thinking of > something or seeing or > hearing something but, rather, the creative process of > freely having a > thought. > Geoff C > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Brady" > <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 4:46 PM > Subject: Re: Geoff, Neurology and "Art" > > > > On Dec 20, 2008, at 2:09 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > > >> And where you have you been for the last month? > The neurology that has > >> been > >> championed on the forum has been based on the > assumption that examining > >> brain > >> tissue material will yield useful and enlightening > things about the > >> creation > >> and appreciation of "art". (And about > how "consciousness" -- which some > >> of us > >> persist in considering a non-material entity -- > can "arise from" that > >> neural > >> tissue.) > > > > Cheerskep, please take a bit more care and caution > with the notions you > > cause to arise in my brain. When you use the spelling, > "neurology," I > > think of the branch of medicine that deals with the > anatomy, functions, > > and diseases of the brain. William and others used > the spelling, > > "neuroscience," which made me think of the > branches of science, such as > > neurochemistry and experimental psychology, that > study the structure of > > function of the nervous system and brain. And the > subject studied by > > neuroscience isn't the "tissue material" > itself, as in histology, but the > > way in which the brain and nervous system works to > produce its products, > > among them, thoughts and other ideations. > > > > Luc made a good point with his remark about > neuroaesthetics. > > > > > > | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | > > Michael Brady > > [email protected]
