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>From: map@svl.cdc.com (Mark Peters)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy
Subject: Re: Animal Intelligence vs Human Intelligence
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Date: 11 Nov 91 23:48:52 GMT
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In <37859@shamash.cdc.com> map@svl.cdc.com (Mark Peters) writes:

>In <3873@papaya.bbn.com> cbarber@bbn.com (Chris Barber) writes:

>>In article <37802@shamash.cdc.com> map@svl.cdc.com (Mark Peters) writes:

>[Stuff deleted for space]

>As adults, we aren't (and can't be) aware of isolated sensations - we are 
>aware only of the integration of those sensations into percepts.  If I
>take a bite of an apple, I'm not aware of the signals sent by each
>individual taste bud, I'm aware only of the sweetness of the apple.
>I perceive the apple (the object) in the form of sweetness (and in other 
>forms too, but I'll ignore that for now).  

I made a mistake in the above.  We aren't aware "... of the integration
of ..." sensations into percepts, but only of the end result of the
integration - we are aware of the object in the form of the percept.
The integration is automatically performed by the nervous system with    
no awareness of it on our part.
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