Post by won on Dec 7, 2017 20:32:42 GMT
What does Damasio mean by a "foundational image" (p 197)? What role do these foundational images play in his theoretical account of the mind-body problem?
"Foundational images is a collection of brain maps, that is, a collection of patterns of neuron activity and inactivity in a variety of sensory regions". Brain maps are referring to the structure of the state of the body at any given time. Some can be constructed within the organism's interior and some from the outside world. But ultimately, it emerges in the mind, in the form of an idea, in particular state and set of circumstances.
"Foundational images is a collection of brain maps, that is, a collection of patterns of neuron activity and inactivity in a variety of sensory regions". Brain maps are referring to the structure of the state of the body at any given time. Some can be constructed within the organism's interior and some from the outside world. But ultimately, it emerges in the mind, in the form of an idea, in particular state and set of circumstances.