RE: [tips] Consciousness Theory Is Where Science Goes to Die

2017-11-25 Thread Miguel Roig
Michael's post brought back some memories of that controversy as the works he mentions were required reading in a couple of my courses in graduate school. But, in light of Jim's comments, I want to add a pet peeve of mine, based on general observations by a colleague of mine now retired, regardi

[tips] Random Thought: From an "Awful" to an "awe-full" Classroom, X

2017-11-25 Thread Louis Eugene Schmier
How to respond to a less than empathetic query from a professor. I’ve been pondering her dismissal questions for quite a while. Yeaterday, as I worked to come out from the fogs of my Thanksgiving tryptophan overdose on my 7 mile meditative power walk, I started thinking about Dennis,

Re: [tips] Consciousness Theory Is Where Science Goes to Die

2017-11-25 Thread Gerald L. Peterson
Theory was a central issue in my 70’s grad study, but I agree with Miguel that it seems un-explored. I do not recall much time given to it in my undergrad study, except perhaps, in History and Systems class. Today, I teach (developed) a Scientific Foundations class required of our majors. A prim

RE: [tips] Consciousness Theory Is Where Science Goes to Die

2017-11-25 Thread Mike Palij
On Fri, 24 Nov 2017 23:19:08 -0800, Jim Clark wrote: Hi Hi Jim and all, As a former Paivio student, I do not recall that Anderson's paper was taken to be definitive about the debate. My doctoral dissertation was on spatial problem solving, specifically, on whether the "alignment effect" (i.