From: Rafal Smigrodzki (rms2g@virginia.edu)
Date: Tue Aug 13 2002 - 16:43:35 MDT
To Daniel Ust,
Regarding our discussion of the senses as the foundation of knowledge: while
sense information is crucial, the inborn propensities I referred to are much
more than just edge detectors and the like - our whole mind has hundreds if
not thousands of genetically specified modules which channel our thinking. I
am not quite sure how the word "foundation" is to be applied here, I know
you are not a naive realist, but if I were to describe the foundation of
knowledge, I'd say it's a life raft of general intelligence and sensory
perception floating in a vast ocean of mystery. I wouldn't single out either
element.
Rafal
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