Hi All,

  I encourage folks interested in the nature of the “mind-brain-behavior system” (AKA Mind1, Mind, and the set of mental behaviors as the third plane of existence) to check out this press release describing the Nobel Prizes handed out in Medicine/Physiology described here. Very cool stuff. The fact that this falls under the Nobel category of “Physiology and Medicine” is a good reminder of how the categories and concepts of science that emerged in the Enlightenment resulted in a massively confusing linkage between science and “physicalism”. The “hard” sciences, by which we mean the sciences that have a clear, coherent ontology, “tap out” at psychology because we could effectively frame the ontology of psychology. Thus, we bracket out “the mental” from “the physical” and have the impression that the sciences are revealing the underlying physical reality of our mental worlds. A much better understanding emerges when we realize that we are metaphysically confused.

Best,

Gregg

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