Dear Filippo,
I think we are on the same pages.
I was merely trying to point out that even though we can be aware that things happen outside of consciousness, pre-events that consciousness can subsequently speculate about as causing events in consciousness, still, all that consciousness has available to it is events that happen in consciousness -- including theoretical events, speculations, brain scan evidence etc.
cheers
keith
>>> "Filippo A. Salustri" <[log in to unmask]> 04/04/11 10:31 AM >>>
Um, I'm not sure what this is about....
"Working out" that something must have happened of which we weren't
conscious isn't the same as being conscious of it.
I'm not suggesting that we don't experience flashes of "inspiration;" I'm
only suggesting that we may be starting to understand the brain processes
that underlie those flashes.
What's more, knowing what goes on in the brain can suggest ways of, for
instance, learning and teaching that can improve outcomes.
Or am I misunderstanding you?
I did a quick google and found that Sawyer's work appears in the same
resources as does Johnson-Laird's, so perhaps the two are related. I'll
have to add Johnson-Laird to my reading list.
Cheers.
Fil
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