tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5688599.post2734003415821417852..comments2023-10-12T04:54:05.108-07:00Comments on Deep Freeze 9: Ways of KnowingJP (Pierre) de Vrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02311009024575927588noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5688599.post-48844046694803322492011-02-04T10:08:40.053-08:002011-02-04T10:08:40.053-08:00Thanks, Johnny, that area is new to me; I'll f...Thanks, Johnny, that area is new to me; I'll follow up on your lead.JP (Pierre) de Vrieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02311009024575927588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5688599.post-86679586003544884082011-02-03T19:08:25.747-08:002011-02-03T19:08:25.747-08:00As someone that thinks about media/communications ...As someone that thinks about media/communications I wonder if you are familiar with the field of biosemiotics – in my view it is basic to an understanding of the evolution of human communications and literacy. A fascinating field which I think maps to the question of how our minds are built to absrob and respond to signals and make the world we know.<br /><br />I found a great discussion of the history of the mind-body thing in Donald Favareau’s “Introduction: An Evolutionary History of Biosemiotics” <br /><br />A pdf source randomly googled up is:<br /><br />http://fredspdfs.posterous.com/favareau-2007-an-evolutionary-history-of-bios <br /><br />The site notes that “The first 20 pages are particularly good in tracing the pre-Cartesian history of the notions of mind-independent reality and the notion of signification from the Greeks, through especially the Scholastics, only to founder with the twin pronged agendas emanating from Bacon and Descartes.”<br /><br />From reading your blog over the last few years I think you might find an interesting few bread crumbs for the trail in this field of thought ...<br />blog abut it if you do ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com