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People overlap.
People overlap. Many of you will not understand me when I say this. Perhaps it will conjure up images of kissing or having sex, but I refer to the fact that the minds of people overlap. Brains, of course, do not overlap, so it means something different that minds overlap. That we can think the…
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A Common Framework for Cognitive Science
Cognitive science reports on many mental issues, but there is no model of the mind on which all cognitive scientists agree: at least explicitly. In this essay (published at https://cognitivesciencesociety.org/framework-cognitive-science/), I argue that cognitive science does in fact have a basic model which goes beyond either behaviorism or even the theory of categories which has…
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Theories of Cognitive Categorization
Within Cognitive Psychology, there is much debate about theories of categorization. Models such as Prototype Theory (popularized by Eleanor Rosch) and Exemplar Theory (popularized by Robert Nosofsky) are probably the most popular, and are both different from Aristotelian Categories. With respect to the basic model of cognition, categories are defined both in terms of concrete…
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About the Author
Alec Rogers is a signal processing engineer and author who has studied the mind from numerous perspectives for over 30 years. He has degrees in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, and Psychology, and has studied at Cornell University, Boston University, Maitripa College, Rangjung Yeshe Institute, Portland State University, and Reed College. Prior to becoming an author,…
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The Psychology of Nondualism
The Psychology of Nondualism was a lecture that I gave for a Paideia class at Reed College, my Alma Mater. I am not sure how much sense can be made of the slides without the presentation, so they are mainly of interest to the attendees of that class. http://thewholepart.com/files/nondualPsych.pdf
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Infinite Tables
The use of completed infinity can become even more problematic when comparing multiple infinite sets, a practice pioneered by Georg Cantor. Here we analyze one of Cantor’s arguments commonly called the diagonalization argument. According to the diagonalization argument, if T is any infinite sequence of binary digits, then it is possible to use the…