A Neural Theory of Mind

[Marty Stoneman]

Paul Bush (paul at phy.ucsf.edu) wrote:
: I have extensively revised my theory of brain operation.

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I have replied to your previous essay.  Briefly, the new one appears to 
be getting more abstract and uses more abstract notions -- but certainly 
interesting.

Two questions hack at me: how do you distinguish, if at all, between 
learning of mammalian kinds resulting in new "memory" -- and episodic 
"memory" of humans for specific chains of events? and, since (I believe) 
other mammals have the same kinds of brain tissue and parts that we 
humans have, what gives us abstract stuff like "ideas", "thoughts", "deep 
conceptual learning", etc.?

Thanks again for your posts.

Cheers,

Marty Stoneman
marty at indirect.com