Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id PAA03050 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Fri, 18 Jan 2002 15:59:14 GMT X-Originating-IP: [137.110.248.206] From: "Grant Callaghan" <grantc4@hotmail.com> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: Knowledge, Memes and Sensory Perception Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 07:54:52 -0800 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: <LAW2-F71vGuvwysFdVv000030ee@hotmail.com> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 18 Jan 2002 15:54:52.0613 (UTC) FILETIME=[77793750:01C1A038] Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
> >>I say it's the idea he was striving to express.
> >
> >What if, upon cross-examination, he were to say he
>had no idea what he
> >was doing? Or, if he were to say he had an idea, but
>failed to express
> >it? Or, if he were to say he was following a preset
>pattern of altering
> >chromatic progressions?
Having thoughts and being aware of the thoughts you have are two different
propositions. Freud was a big fan of subconscious thought and how it
motivates us to do the things we do. And a lot of us have no idea what we
are doing (on one level or another) or why. The reasons we come up with are
usually arrived at after the fact and are more likely to be attempts at
justification than valid observations.
Grant
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