Re: Plasticity, There's growing evidence that Stoic / CBT techniques alter the physical structure of the brain. I interviewed on psychiatrist, Ronald Pies, who...
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Leo Iermano
leoiermano
Jul 1, 2009 10:57 am
Hi Jules How's it going?, no newsletter this month? Cheers Leo ... From: Stoic Stoic <londonstoic@...> Subject: Re: [stoics] Pathways in the mind To:...
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Zeno Franco
zutano99
Jul 1, 2009 2:16 pm
Is there a reason posts to this list are posted in a public space on the web where they can be searched? I would like to ask some questions that relate to...
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Michael Paris
theta327
Jul 1, 2009 2:28 pm
Thanks for the info. about Pies. I've the book on request from interlibrary loan and look forward to reading it. Speaking of books on neuroplasticity, I have...
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Jan Garrett
chrys1943
Jul 1, 2009 2:45 pm
I wish they could be easily searched. After Tom Wolfe's A Man in Full was mentioned a few days ago, I tried to find the posts I remember from the early days...
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Jan Garrett
chrys1943
Jul 1, 2009 3:05 pm
I for one have no doubt that when we acquire new ways of thinking, new ways of contextualizing experience and acting in response to the situations that life...
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Dave Kelly
ptypes
Jul 1, 2009 3:10 pm
Jan, I've been using Google's Advanced Search to search the ISF for quite some time. You can manually enter a search like this in Google Search: stoics "a man...
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Stoic Stoic
londonstoic
Jul 1, 2009 3:34 pm
Hey Leo, Great thanks mate, how are you? Yes, the newsletter's just been put on the website, www.newstoa.com, in the e-newsletter section. It has an interview...
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Stoic Stoic
londonstoic
Jul 1, 2009 3:38 pm
Talking of plasticity, David Brooks in the NYT wrote a column on it last week (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/opinion/26brooks.html?_r=1) which neatly...
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Jan Garrett
chrys1943
Jul 1, 2009 4:11 pm
The second link will give anyone interested in the Stoic passages from A Man in Full access to them. Thanks, Dave. It was Tor Myrvang (not sure of the...
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Jan Garrett
chrys1943
Jul 1, 2009 4:23 pm
Probably the pathways corresponding to Brooks' April 7 opinion are still there, and he could go back to using them. It would take a while and repeated...
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Michael Paris
theta327
Jul 1, 2009 4:42 pm
Individual members can delete their own messages as well. Jan Garrett wrote: Note: I think our moderators can remove archived messages, though I personally...
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Michael Marino
unkmonk1
Jul 1, 2009 4:59 pm
Guess everybody's too busy. ... From: Leo Iermano <leoiermano@...> Subject: Re: [stoics] Pathways in the mind To: stoics@yahoogroups.com Date:...
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Leo Iermano
leoiermano
Jul 1, 2009 8:41 pm
Hi Jules You know us Stoics are always tranquil!! How's the book coming along? Cheers Leo ... From: Stoic Stoic <londonstoic@...> Subject: Re: [stoics]...
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Kevin
kevin11_c
Jul 1, 2009 9:42 pm
Jan: It would take a while and repeated deliberate use of the alternate pathway before the old pathway gets covered up with undergrowth and not easily...
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murrell91910
Jul 1, 2009 9:58 pm
Looking at my message, on WEB Only, the dates of the messages seem a mismash, some going back in time instead of being the last posted being up front. Gads! I...
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Grant Sterling
fccmoose
Jul 1, 2009 10:48 pm
... Of course, I'm skeptical. Science cannot demonstrate that judgments (or beliefs, or anything else) _are_ physical characteristics of the brain. It can,...
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Grant Sterling
fccmoose
Jul 1, 2009 11:18 pm
... I think the two accounts are perfectly compatible. Note for example that Aristotle points out that we don't want honor from _anyone_, but from people we...
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Grant Sterling
fccmoose
Jul 1, 2009 11:48 pm
... I agree. The issues in Iran are far deeper than merely "imperfect" elections--all human elections are imperfect. ... No, that's the common...
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Kevin
kevin11_c
Jul 2, 2009 2:33 am
So then you accept that neuron x firing is experienced as judgment x? Kevin ... From: Grant Sterling <gcsterling@...> Subject: Re: [stoics] Pathways in...
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Grant Sterling
fccmoose
Jul 2, 2009 2:49 am
... Well, that makes it sound as if the neuron firing is somehow the "real" event, and the judgment is just our perspective on it, and it makes it sound as...
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Jan Garrett
chrys1943
Jul 2, 2009 3:29 am
Referring to Grant's last comment: Or one that does not irrationally underestimate the possibility of significant numbers of persons becoming more...
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Steve Marquis
stevemarquis...
Jul 2, 2009 4:36 am
Grant writes: ____________ I will agree that when I make judgment x, there is something going on in my central nervous system (typically the firing of...
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locumranch@...
locumranch
Jul 2, 2009 4:54 am
The argument up to this point: Grant stated that "Epictetus... believed in an omniscient, involved, benevolent God,” which I mocked because Grant failed to...
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Stoic Stoic
londonstoic
Jul 2, 2009 9:23 am
Coming along, Leo, coming along. I'll post some more chapters on my blog soon, would be great to get your feedback. All the best Jules ... From: Leo Iermano...
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Michael Paris
theta327
Jul 2, 2009 2:50 pm
I am certainly interested. I've a bit more to post about A Man In Full and Gladiator, and perhaps another example of Stoic behavior. As much as I enjoy reading...
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Michael Paris
theta327
Jul 2, 2009 3:11 pm
I'm not quite sure what position Jan holds. Grant at least seems to regard Stoicism as a living philosophy, if I dare speak for him, Steve Maquis perhaps as...
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Michel Daw
michelgdaw
Jul 2, 2009 3:14 pm
I recommend Sellar's Stoicism as well. It is a little dry, but his discussion of the Stoic Exercises is very interesting, and really makes you want to know...
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Jan Garrett
chrys1943
Jul 2, 2009 3:21 pm
Yesterday, Grant wrote (in response to an earlier post by me) ... G. is basing this on a passage in Nicomachean Ethics book i, where Aristotle is talking about...
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Jan Garrett
chrys1943
Jul 2, 2009 3:49 pm
You are right, Michael, not to take Matt's characterization of my position as gospel. I do not regard Stoicism as a dead philosophy, but I do think that there...
