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Originally Posted by Haech
a collection of neural-networks and chemicals signals (... perhaps?)
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Lemit, the key to your point, in that coined phrase, is the definition of "see."
Because, as you see, it implys that one is making sense of--or coordinating--the visual information. ~
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I find the phenomenon of "blind sight" particularly revealing; especially when combined with Varela's findings.
Blindsight - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Originally Posted by wiki
In Type 1 blindsight subjects have no awareness whatsoever of any stimuli, but yet are able to predict, at levels significantly above chance, aspects of a visual stimulus, such as location, or type of movement, often in a forced-response or guessing situation.
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...like catching a ball coming from the blind "spot."
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...and then, combined with Varela's work....
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Originally Posted by Fritjof Capra
Varela's hypothesis establishes a neurological basis for the distinction between conscious and unconscious cognition.... According to Varela, the primary conscious experience, common to all higher vertebrates, is not located in a specific part of the brain, nor can it be identified in terms of specific neural structures. It is the manifestation of a particular cognitive process--a transient synchronization of diverse, rhythmically oscillating neural circuits. ~Web of Life, p.293
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The Web of Life: A New Scientific Understanding of Living Systems by Fritjof Capra
"This book is about a new scientific understanding of life at all levels of living systems-organisms, social systems, and ecosystems..."
Excerpt - on Page 85: " ... Hermann Haken and Manfred Eigen in Germany, James Lovelock in England, Lynn Margulis in the United States, Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela in Chile. ... "
Key Phrases: Lynn Margulis, Francisco Varela, Norbert Wiener, James Lovelock, Ludwig von Bertalanffy, Gregory Bateson, autopoietic network, continual embodiment, organismic biologists, binary networks, deep ecological awareness.... ~
Amazon.com: "Francisco Varela": Key Phrase page
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Consciousness?
"It is the manifestation of a particular cognitive process--a transient synchronization of diverse, rhythmically oscillating neural circuits." ~Capra
