Posted by 64bowtie on January 26, 2005, at 19:16:24
In reply to Who me? I don't have an *unconscious* mind!, posted by Pfinstegg on January 26, 2005, at 18:04:56
I need to dust off my article, "Concert of the Mind" which argues that, "If the mind is our source of thought, when was the last time you remember your 'unconscious mind' having an 'unconscious thought'? ...and how did you recognize it?"
Because Freud didn't have the benefit of this new-fangled Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology to fall back onto, he did the best he could, I guess. We have four extra senses that have cortical centers in the brain that provide unique images to our big picture of us and our life around us. These always operate in the background, impacting our total picture, moving us this way and that, and are very powerful in their delivery, leaving Freud guessing, in his time, at their phantom nature.
Today, our picture is much clearer. We have nine active senses, not just the five our grammar school teachers taught us about. With internal permission to update your information base, perhaps you can see this background awareness as 'sub-conscious', but never 'unconscious'! 'Unconscious' means no consciousness, background or foreground, means dead, according to to a big new half of the consciousness contoversy! Guess which side I'm on.....?.!
Rod
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