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July 23, 2006
Category: Cognitive Neuroscience
There are a few topics in cognitive science that are like fingernails on a chalkboard to me. I find the very mention of them irritating, and the irritation can stick in my craw for days. At or near the top...
Posted by Chris at 1:43 PM • 16 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 21, 2006
Category: Philosophy
From what I know of Graham Priest, he's an interesting philosopher. I read his book on intentionality, Towards Non-Being a few months ago, and enjoyed it, and I read his Introduction to Non-Classical Logic a few years ago, and have...
Posted by Chris at 10:52 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Frame Analysis
Those of you interested in this whole frame analysis thing, or in George Lakoff's new cult of personality, might find his blog interview at Emboldened. I'm planning on writing a post about Lakoff when my computer access is more consistent,...
Posted by Chris at 9:41 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 20, 2006
Category: Blogs and Blogging
That's it for the republishing of the old posts, for now at least. If you read the posts on art and/or metaphor, I hope you enjoyed them, and maybe even learned something. For administrative purposes, I'm including links to all...
Posted by Chris at 4:10 PM • 0 Comments • 1 TrackBacks
Category: Cognitive Psychology
[First posted on 11/03/04 at the old blog.] In the final installment of Mixing Memory's metaphor series (for now -- at some later date I'll get to novel vs. dead metaphors), I try to use the empirical data to distinguish...
Posted by Chris at 9:20 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 19, 2006
Category: Cognitive Neuroscience
[First published on 2/4/05 at the old blog.] If you've read my two previous posts on Ramachandran's principles of art (here and here), you've probably got a good idea of what Ramachandran's concept of beauty is. While his 10 principles...
Posted by Chris at 8:29 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 18, 2006
Category: Cognitive Psychology
[First posted on 11/1/04 at the old blog.] I have heard that there is an election today, and I've heard that it's going to be close and contentious, but I don't care. Here at Mixing Memory, we're only worried about...
Posted by Chris at 9:17 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 17, 2006
Category: Cognitive Neuroscience
[First published on 1/22/05 at the old blog.] Recall V.S. Ramachandran's 10 principles of art. Peak shift Perceptual Grouping and Binding Contrast Isolation Perceptual problem solving Symmetry Abhorrence of coincidence/generic viewpoint Repetition, rhythm and orderliness Balance Metaphor In the last...
Posted by Chris at 9:21 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 16, 2006
Category: Cognitive Psychology
[First posted on 11/1/04 at the old blog.] Onward we go to the first contemporary view of metaphor, structure mapping theory. Before I start, though, I want to clear something up. Perhaps no one has actually been confused, but I'm...
Posted by Chris at 10:42 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 15, 2006
Category: Cognitive Neuroscience
[First published on 1/20/05 at the old blog.] As a starting point for the attempt to discover universals in art based on our knowledge of neuroscience, and visual neuroscience in particular, V.S. Ramachandran has proposed ten principles of art (eight...
Posted by Chris at 8:34 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
