tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108832774198086617.post6148270762024461264..comments2023-11-01T00:15:53.444-07:00Comments on The Mind's I: Chapter 8: The Soul of the Mark III Beastafterhailstormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09918874686498648095noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108832774198086617.post-77926591974000212892018-08-10T11:22:20.788-07:002018-08-10T11:22:20.788-07:00"Clearly the “soul” we project into these obj..."Clearly the “soul” we project into these objects is an image purely in our minds."<br /><br />This is not clear at all to me. I am readily able to entertain the notion that "spirit" (for want of any better word - "Feelings" if you like) is an aspect of all matter. In fact - given the subjective nature of experience, and the impossibility to verify anything like "objective" reality, I can as easily suppose that "mind" has primacy over "matter".<br /><br />Caleb J. Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13852634573665583995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108832774198086617.post-38741618270033239872008-02-15T00:06:00.000-08:002008-02-15T00:06:00.000-08:00Doug and I discussed this over a few beers in a Tu...Doug and I discussed this over a few beers in a Tucson bar one night after his lecture, decades ago. He admitted that he took this, and the other chapter from <I>Anna Klane</I> out of context. <BR/><BR/>Doug is an atheist; I am not. (Nor am I a Christian, Jew, Muslim, or whatever. I'm not even "spiritual.") Hofstadter believes absolutely in conventional science; I love those aspects of science which contrast our real knowledge with those observations we cannot explain, such as human consciousness. That mysterious <I>neverland</I> of science is where Galileo began, and it is my playground. <BR/><BR/>Hofstadter told me that in "readings" of his book, <I>The Mind's I</I>, he used one or the other of my excerpted chapters and explained to listeners that in my book, <I>The Soul of Anna Klane</I>, I'd used these chapters to show a viewpoint <B>opposite</B> to my own. Happy to believe that blatant lie, I bought Doug another beer. <BR/><BR/>For the record, <I>Anna Klane</I> has no chapter titles. Each is simply numbered. Chapter 23 includes the "Mark III Beast" encounter. Its purpose was simply to illustrate how easily human feelings are evoked by physical cues. Cartoonists and advertising agencies use this principle daily.<BR/><BR/>My point was to move the reader a bit further into an understanding of what makes humans unique. I was not successful, and abandoned my attempts to express ideas for thirty years. <BR/><BR/>But ideas have a life of their own. The website, <B>beon-cpt.com</B> contains some of the concepts which did not fit into <I>A.K></I>. <BR/><BR/>Anyone wishing to comment is advised to communicate via the post office, with address information provided on the aforementioned website. Unknown stuff sent to the gmail site goes right into its huge spam box and is never visually examined for content. Not enough time in the day. <BR/><BR/>Terrel MiedanerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com