[Wittrs] Is Homeostasis the Answer? (Re: Variations in the Idea of Consciousness)
- From: "iro3isdx" <xznwrjnk-evca@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: wittrsamr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:57:34 -0000
--- In Wittrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "BruceD" <blroadies@...> wrote:
> I'm unfamiliar with "symbolizing the ground." Could you take a
> moment and explain what this phrase means?
I had thought that would be self explanatory.
The idea is that once we have developed the ability to name things,
then by virtue of that we automatically know what kind of things those
names refer to. So what is needed is an ability to name things. And
before you can name things you will need to have things. So you need a
way of dividing the world up into things - which is a perceptual
ability that computer systems typically don't have.
Regards,
Neil
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