RE: why do we enjoy poetry From the perspective of neuroscience?
January 10, 2019 at 8:38 pm
(This post was last modified: January 10, 2019 at 8:39 pm by bennyboy.)
Do a thought experiment. What if you were in the Matrix or the Mind of God? So long as your experiences seemed consistent, would you know? Could you?
"It's plausible" without something that can actually have statistical analyses attached to it is really just another word for "seems-so-is." Things seem plausible which are in accord with my mode of perception, my world view, and so on. But I cannot use any of those things to validate themselves without immediately going circular.
But this is what we're doing when we talk about mind-- using mind (whatever it is) to establish truths about itself. It's like using an in-the-Matrix "brain" to prove you're not in the Matrix (or that you are).
"It's plausible" without something that can actually have statistical analyses attached to it is really just another word for "seems-so-is." Things seem plausible which are in accord with my mode of perception, my world view, and so on. But I cannot use any of those things to validate themselves without immediately going circular.
But this is what we're doing when we talk about mind-- using mind (whatever it is) to establish truths about itself. It's like using an in-the-Matrix "brain" to prove you're not in the Matrix (or that you are).
