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> Subject: Re: MD the particular, the general, EITHER/OR, BOTH/AND
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Try this perspective:
An EITHER/OR, and so an object perspective, favours discreteness and the
particular in that the process of distinction making reflects the process of
taking from the set all possible expressions one particular expression.
That particular expression sets the context, the mode of interpretation for
a particular concept.
The set of all possible expressions includes (a) the particular object under
consideration and (b) the notion of that object's negation.
IOW the set of all possible expressions contains BOTH A and ~A. This is
identifiable as a BOTH/AND state and from a LOCAL perspective cannot exist
'at the same time'. The brain thus oscillates in trying to deal with
BOTH/AND states where the seemingly static, and so 'unacceptable' BOTH/AND
state is converted into a dynamic EITHER/OR.
Thus we end-up with A~AA~AA~AA~A etc etc IOW a neverending sequence, a
continuity which is arbitrarily stopped.
BUT also note that, from an EITHER/OR context, this sequence of events is
not precise, it is incapable of being held down as A OR ~A and as such is
interpreted as more general, more lacking in precision, full of
approximations. Thus we establish a link between continuity, the linking of
things, and generality, the lack of precision where precision is interpreted
as a point; something 'touchable'.
In these areas we see statistical methods take-over in determining
precision, truth is not a 'point' but more a normal distribution curve of
probabilites (and so a developing wave form and so a continuum emphasis over
discreteness). Add uncertainty and the curve is reduced further to a pattern
reflecting wave interference patterns.
BOTH/AND states in the brain are linked, in general, to what we can call
'right brain' processing and this includes, (a) the NEGATION of something
(and from this the concept of an UNKNOWN), (b) a dynamic emphasis and so an
emphasis on CHANGE, (c) the sharing of space by seemingly 'opposing'
concepts.
Do you get from the above a better picture of the relationship of continuity
and the general? (note in this that from a QUALITATIVE perspective, the
BOTH/AND states give qualitative precision. Qualitative precision lacks a
'point', it has a more pattern-matching feel about it that feedback can
refine so that it approaches a degree of 'pointedness'.)
Perhaps we should work backwards in that ANY analysis of reality invariably
takes us to dynamic processes, thus we move from the raw, static concepts to
the refined, dynamic concepts.
This dynamic is identifiable in the oscillations of our brain when
processing data, we go left-right-left-right etc etc (IOW A~AA~A!)
Out of this processing comes Mind but the expression is determined not so
much by the left-right-left-right but by the amount of accumulated time
spent in each hemisphere.
For example, recent work out of the University of Queensland shows that
extended time spent in the RIGHT hemisphere (in most) can lead to depression
and that people with bipolar disorder demonstrate this sort of behaviour
(oscillation anomolies that cause excessive time spent 'in' the right
leading to depression).
Thus the static characteristics of the hemispheres are influencing dynamic
thought patterns based on the accumulation of time spent in a hemisphere.
This supports other data showing that in damage conditions the static
characteristics of the undamaged hemisphere will start to influence the
mind's behaviour in general.
This dynamic element is present all of the time, we do not stop oscillating
but can vary it (e.g. in sleep there is the suggestion that REM reflect an
awake and active right with an asleep and inactive left etc etc)
are we getting somewhere? :-)
best,
Chris.
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Chris Lofting
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