From: John Wilkins (wilkins@wehi.edu.au)
Date: Fri 07 May 2004 - 02:07:05 GMT
On 07/05/2004, at 11:42 AM, Liane Gabora wrote:
>
> If there was no unity --- or a better word, 'integration' --- we
> wouldn't be able to merge two concepts or ideas together to form a new
> concept or idea, adapt old solutions to new situations, think in terms
> of metaphors and analogies, or even put words together in new ways to
> express new thoughts or experiences. In fact, if if they weren't
> integrated, one thought wouldn't be able to evoke another abstractly
> related thought, which evokes another and so forth to refine an idea
> or perspective in a 'stream of thought'. Actually, I am at this moment
> preparing a talk on the archaeological evidence for when and how this
> kind of unified or integrated cognitive structure came about. It is a
> fascinating story!
>
> I disagree with you about selection. (The arguments are kind of
> technical, but I've written a paper on this with Diederik Aerts titled
> 'Creative thought as a non-Darwinian evolutionary process' which is
> forthcoming in Journal of Creative Behavior. If you are interested I
> could send it to you.)
Please. And may I send you a couple of items you might not have seen?
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