From: Rakesh Bhandari (bhandari@BERKELEY.EDU)
Date: Wed Nov 22 2006 - 17:59:24 EST
>Quoting Rakesh Bhandari <bhandari@BERKELEY.EDU>: > > > >> > Adam Smiths theory of morality as being based in an inate empathic >> > capability of humans now seems to have a sound materialist foundation. >> >> Though by materialism I hope you don't mean that the empathetic self can >> be located as a neural >> object. > >I never mentioned the self, about whose existence there are serious >questions, but the empathic faculty must surely have a basis >in particular neural sub systems that become active in the situations >in which empathy is induced. What else could that empathy be >but the activity of these sub-systems? What role does the body play in this empathy? Paul, I am getting lost in this discussion. You seem to be dropping a lot of points after criticism has been voiced. Are you ceding those points of contention or just moving beyond them? Rakesh > >> >> >> > >> > However, these mirror neurons are present in other higher primates, >> > and experimental evidence seems to indicate that they too have a 'theory >> > of mind', i.e., can put themselves in the position of another monkey >> > watching themselves. So this indicates that we are dealing with our >> > common primate heritage here. >> >> Well this is controversial--on whose research are you relying; >> >To tell the truth, I have difficulty remembering which articles >I relied upon, other than that it was a series of articles published >in Science and Nature during the 90s. Doing a quick scan of their >archives on the web, the only one I can come up with >http://www.icn.ucl.ac.uk/dev_group/documents/frith_Sci_99.pdf >and also Baron Cohen's book on mind blindness. > > >> Rakesh >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------- >> > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. >> > >> > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------- >This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
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