My last summary on the senses also included reality and memory. I will try to focus only on senses here. Having read the wonderful book Phantoms in the Brain, I feel I have a little more information on this topic.

First, a definition (rephrased by me) from the above book:
qualia -- the perception of reality created by our minds by the information ( Read more... )

This post is me thinking out loud. Expect logical flaws, and feel free to point them out….

One of my favorite things about my lovely fiancée, sadeyedartist, is that she is a thinker - even if we do not think alike on every issue. (Things would get dull if we all thought alike.) Two of her recent (if you do not count her computer deaths) entries[1, 2] actually ( Read more... )

It is no secret that I think post-modernism is a ridiculous world view (more on that later, I am sure), but the observations that started post-modernism -- and brought about the death of positivism -- are right on.

In a recent entry, I pointed out that "modern modern science" has changed from viewing the world as an open system to a closed system. ( Read more... )