tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117005533318160902.post609591758079440370..comments2024-03-27T19:53:53.708-06:00Comments on growing changing learning creating: Evolving my theory of mindTom Haskinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12658791778134826289noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117005533318160902.post-60126478907690209902008-11-11T12:37:00.000-07:002008-11-11T12:37:00.000-07:00Thanks for minding this with so many great thought...Thanks for minding this with so many great thoughts Karyn.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps "mind" is never going to be captured by an adequate definition or conceptual model. Most of us are comfortable with abstractions like respect, trust, integrity etc - that evade objectivity and precision. We feel a need to nail down "mind" more than those other intangible ideas. We rely on what we think a mind is (our theory of mind) whenever we're dealing with psychology, selling, motivating and communicating. Gregory Bateson stretched my thinking about mind in his book "Mind and Nature". He suggested we extend the notion of mind to include whatever we are dealing with outside of us and the ways our bodies involved in the experience. Thus a mind would be everything that is affecting what we are doing or considering. <BR/><BR/>More brain food for thought.Tom Haskinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12658791778134826289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117005533318160902.post-77047011018367911852008-11-11T11:25:00.000-07:002008-11-11T11:25:00.000-07:00I'm rather fascinated by the concept of 'mind', to...I'm rather fascinated by the concept of 'mind', too. The whole business of what it is, where it is, and what the connection is between physical brain and intangible mind, is a maze that delights me... until I get left behind by the thinking of greater minds than my own. <BR/><BR/>Time magazine did a special on the mind some time ago - aimed at my level - for which I was very grateful. <BR/><BR/>I think we're still a long way from 'getting' it, though!The upsychohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06345558899662051670noreply@blogger.com