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Subject: Re: What makes up consciousness?
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Date: Mon, 20 Feb 1995 19:28:35 GMT
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In article <3i9tqo$8id@oznet03.ozemail.com.au>,
Alan Tonisson  <tonisson@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
>departed@netcom.com (just passing through) wrote:
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>>    or is it actually meaningful to speak of consciousness by itself?
>> 
>> Anyhow, thanks for considering these questions.  I have my own ideas as to
>> how to answer them, naturally, but I would like to hear your answers first.
>> 
>> -- Richard Wesson (departed@netcom.com)
>> 
>These are interesting thoughts.  It's almost Zen!  Do the readers of this group
>ever compare eastern philosphy with current A.I. ideas.  I haven't been reading
>this for very long so I don't know the scope of this group.
>
>Alan Tonisson (tonisson@ozemail.com.au)
>Rune Research Pty Ltd

I like what I've heard of Eastern mind models because they seem very willing
to treat the mind as an objective process.  They deal with what happens with
the mind on a moment-by-moment basis, rather than tending towards abstract
outlines like so much of Western psychology and philosophy.

If anyone out there can point me to a good compilation on Eastern psychology,
I would be very interested -- I fear such a thing would be difficult to find
in most libraries!

-- Richard Wesson (departed@netcom.com)

