Back to the past....riffing on THE PRESERVED

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Yes, of course. But, I was talking about awareness. I failed to make 
something clear. Talking about the unconscious mind is simply a way of 
talking about phenomena. In the practice of hypnotherapy, it is a very 
useful way to talk about many phenomena. I am curious, though. How can 
something that is not physical be "stored" anywhere? I was speaking 
metaphorically.

The philosopher Richard Rorty claimed that someday we will be able to refer 
to experiences as, for instance, "firing of synapes a and d in coordinate B2 
at time T1." We would (should) drop all talk of things like "I feel pain in 
my left knee." Brain states are another valuable way to talk about 
experience, but their usefulness has limits.

I don't think any of this reveals the Truth. Indeed, there is no such thing. 
All we have are clusters of truths that never provide Truth. Just 
truthiness.

You make a good point. Thanks for raising the issue.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Keith" <keithsz at mac.com>
To: "pynchon -l" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 6:36 PM
Subject: Re: Back to the past....riffing on THE PRESERVED


> On Jan 26, 2010, at 6:03 PM, Page wrote:
>
> Speaking loosely, where are your memories "stored"?
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>
> They are stored in the brain.
>


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