Re: relevant discussion?
Konopak (jkonopak who-is-at ou.edu)
Wed, 03 Feb 1999 16:33:00 -0600
At 11:18 AM 2/3/99 +1100, Phil Graham wrote:
>The memetic systems view of cognition harks back to an Aritotlean concept
>which translates (roughly) as Nouse. Aristotle considers Nouse as similar
>to, what we would call today, consciousness. The similarity lies in the
>separation of Nouse from people. He thinks that people and Nouse are in a
>sort of symbiotic relationship; that Nouse or consciousness is a living
>system in itself that propagates among people. Other similarities can be
>found in very early Sufi writings in which thoughts are treated as living,
>propagating entities.
phil, et al--i wonder if this isn't just another Disney-fied production, so
instead of
frontierland and tomorrowland and adventureland, or even EPCOT, we get
consciousland starring Meme Nouse?
wonderlandingly
konopak