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- Sun Jun 29, 2008 10:18 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I Have A Strong Desire to Comprehend Stuff [Comprehension]
- Replies: 4
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Re: I Have A Strong Desire to Comprehend Stuff [Comprehensio
Do you agree that acquiring knowledge by reading non fiction is ten times as efficient as from reading fiction? No. 2 reasons: 1) By eliminating non-fiction from your "learning", you are missing out on valuable social and interpersonal lessons. 2) Non-fiction is only one of two classifica...
- Thu Nov 01, 2007 3:37 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I Have A Strong Desire to Comprehend Stuff [Comprehension]
- Replies: 4
- Views: 19999
- Sun Oct 21, 2007 4:28 am
- Forum: 1.0. Hypothesis One: Consciousness Based On Language
- Topic: Metaphorically Thinking
- Replies: 1
- Views: 17581
- Fri Oct 19, 2007 12:24 am
- Forum: 1.0. Hypothesis One: Consciousness Based On Language
- Topic: Metaphorically Thinking
- Replies: 1
- Views: 17581
Metaphorically Thinking
Metaphorically Thinking We commonly think of metaphor as something like analogy. We are trying to explain something to someone and we say this something new is very much like this other something you are familiar with. This is one form of metaphor but there is another metaphor that is automatic and ...
- Mon Oct 15, 2007 3:27 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I Have A Strong Desire to Comprehend Stuff [Comprehension]
- Replies: 4
- Views: 19999
I Have A Strong Desire to Comprehend Stuff [Comprehension]
I have a strong desire to comprehend stuff I claim that comprehending is a hierarchy and can usefully be thought of as a pyramid. At the base of the pyramid is awareness that is followed by consciousness, which is awareness plus attention. Knowing follows consciousness and understanding is at the pi...
- Sun Sep 30, 2007 1:53 am
- Forum: 1.01. Hypothesis One: Consciousness Based On Language | Subtopic: Consciousness & Dreams
- Topic: Dream and Myth: The Foundation for Depth Psychology
- Replies: 0
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Dream and Myth: The Foundation for Depth Psychology
Dream and myth: the foundation for depth psychology Freud hypothesized that dreams were a means for establishing a universal method for studying the human psyche. He felt that dreams provided a means for studying the psyche in a manner similar to that used to study the physiological characteristics ...
- Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:06 am
- Forum: 2.3. Hypothesis Two: The Bicameral Mind | Subtopic: Hypnosis, Possession & Altered States of Consciousness
- Topic: "Divided Consciousness" by Ernest Hilgard
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The following is an OP I posted recently on another forum after studying Ernest Becker. What would Julian Jaynes think about this idea? Ernest Becker (1924-1974) won the Pulitzer Prize foe General Nonfiction for the “Denial of Deathâ€. A distinguished social theorist and a popular teacher of anth...