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Single Idea 4914
[filed under theme 18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 5. Rationality / c. Animal rationality
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Full Idea
A frog will starve to death surrounded by dead flies.
Gist of Idea
A frog will starve to death surrounded by dead flies
Source
Rita Carter (Mapping the Mind [1998], p.195)
Book Ref
Carter,Rita: 'Mapping the Mind' [Phoenix 2000], p.195
A Reaction
A nice warning against assuming that rationality is operating when a frog feels hungry and 'decides' to have lunch. We should take comfort from the fact that humans are NOT this stupid, and philosophers should try to accurately describe our gift.
The
19 ideas
from 'Mapping the Mind'
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4902
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Pain doesn't have one brain location, but is linked to attention and emotion
[Carter,R]
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4904
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Proper brains appear at seven weeks, and neonates have as many neurons as adults do
[Carter,R]
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4903
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Scans of brains doing similar tasks produce very similar patterns of activation
[Carter,R]
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4906
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Babies show highly emotional brain events, but may well be unaware of them
[Carter,R]
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4905
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Normal babies seem to have overlapping sense experiences
[Carter,R]
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4907
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The 'locus coeruleus' is one of several candidates for the brain's 'pleasure centre'
[Carter,R]
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4908
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No one knows if animals are conscious
[Carter,R]
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4909
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The only way we can control our emotions is by manipulating the outside world that influences them
[Carter,R]
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4910
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Sense organs don't discriminate; they reduce various inputs to the same electrical pulses
[Carter,R]
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4911
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The recognition sequence is: classify, name, locate, associate, feel
[Carter,R, by PG]
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4912
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Out-of-body experiences may be due to temporary loss of proprioception
[Carter,R]
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4913
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Brain lesions can erase whole categories of perception, suggesting they are hard-wired
[Carter,R]
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4914
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A frog will starve to death surrounded by dead flies
[Carter,R]
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4915
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In primates, brain size correlates closely with size of social group
[Carter,R]
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4916
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There is enormous evidence that consciousness arises in the frontal lobes of the brain
[Carter,R]
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4917
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Consciousness involves awareness, perception, self-awareness, attention and reflection
[Carter,R]
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4918
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In blindsight V1 (normal vision) is inactive, but V5 (movement) lights up
[Carter,R]
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4919
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There seems to be no dividing line between a memory and a thought
[Carter,R]
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4920
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Thinking takes place on the upper side of the prefrontal cortex
[Carter,R]
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