FW: The Evolution of Language - neural pattern matching to analogy formation

[Chris Lofting]

Hi All,

I have added the following abstract to my new pages starting with:

http://members.iimetro.com.au/~lofting/myweb/formation.html

"From a focus on the derivation of categories of meaning from the
oscillations of our brains across a dichotomy of WHAT/WHERE, aka
differentiating/integrating, a discovery has been made in reference to the
evolution of language from mediation dynamics where we move from basic
category formation to the ability to make analogies using the derived
categories.

This step reflects the communication of details of categories through
distinctions of patterns of sameness and difference by the use of analogy to
other categories and so brings out the beginnings of language. What is
noteworthy is that these analogies are 'hard coded' into the methodology of
deriving meaning from self-referencing. Furthermore, we see here the
requirement for some depth in category making before language can emerge.

An additional observation is that the adaptation of our brains to light has
brought out a bias to our visual system in information processing. In this
adaptation our eyes cover a dichotomy of fovea/para-fovea. The fovea is
focused on details, on differentiating, as is our para-fovea (surrounds the
fovea and so brings out the emergence of details processing from the middle)
more focused on edge detections and so pattern matching and generic
differentiating to enable strong integrating to form patterns.

The identified focus on pattern matching equates with the use of
analogy-making and metaphorcation as properties of generic
meaning-derivation. The IDM work on self-referencing clearly brings out the
derivation of analogy from self-referencing of an asymmetric dichotomy as is
done by the neurology in the processing of information. "

IMHO this is a BIG step in understanding the development of language from
the neurology in that such a dynamic has not been identified before to the
level of clear categories and analogies.

Chris
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generic categories of meaning:
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Objects bias (differentiating):
BLEND - wholeness, whole numbers
BOUND - partness, rational numbers
Relationships bias (integrating):
BOND - share space, irrational numbers
BIND - share time, imaginary numbers

>From these come composites as reals, complex, quaternions, octonions. All
else follows....
http://members.iimetro.com.au/~lofting/myweb/introIDM.html
 
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