Reply
Mon 29 May, 2006 08:10 am
Cognitive science argues for an embodied realism as opposed to philosophy's metaphysical realism. Embodied realism provides us with a link between our ideas and the worlds we experience. "Our bodies contribute to our sense of what is real".
Spatial-relations concepts are not part of the world but are embodied and provide us with our ability to make sense of the world. "They characterize what spatial form is and define spatial inference."
Quotes from "Philosophy in the Flesh" by Lakoff and Johnson.
coberst, That's all goblygook with intellectual masterbation. We are simply a biological life form with brains that reacts to chemical and electric impulses. Our thinking is based on our genes and environment; nothing more, nothing less.
Stumble It!
Tweet This
Bookmark on Delicious
Share on Facebook
Share on MySpace