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These are excerpts and elaborations from my book "The Nature of Consciousness"
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The Minds Growth The fundamental feature of
the mind is that it is not always the same. Just like every other organ in the
body, it undergoes growth. It is not only a matter of memory getting
"bigger": the "quality" of the thought system changes in a
significant way. What we are capable of doing with our minds changes
dramatically during the growth of the mind from childhood to adulthood. It is
more than just learning about the environment: the mind literally grows into
something else, capable of new types of actions. The brain, as well as the rest
of the body, undergoes a massive change in shape and volume. Somehow this also
results in significant new skills. The balance between
"nature" and "nurture" (between "nativism" and
"constructivism") is the key to understanding the minds growth.
Humans are born with instincts, and then experience shapes the mind, i.e.
nature and nurture coexist and interact. Back to the beginning of the chapter "Memory" | Back to the index of all chapters |
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