tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82023803280517722742024-03-05T08:56:20.102-08:00Reading: Art and ScienceOn this blog Vision Forum members recommend science related books, texts, papers and other inspirational material related to art and science. If you have suggestions or want to contribute, contact Vision Forum on info (at) visionforum.euVision Forumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06031287871423684528noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8202380328051772274.post-44875896499529794482013-09-10T05:28:00.000-07:002013-09-10T05:28:09.448-07:00David Bohm - On Creativity<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYYvG-L60R97efYRq92qxDIdN6v0dPNcyjnx0CPcPhtJ0Rnrkjpe3qAl15N6wmMTZcFDyiWV5SYQKbIsJyjthmJR-mmUdxEqBD0Z83LZeuEwsTFoI-MHRYLfA19T9CsWF14fQdTEykqhVs/s1600/751px-2d_of_5d_2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627959666559839474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYYvG-L60R97efYRq92qxDIdN6v0dPNcyjnx0CPcPhtJ0Rnrkjpe3qAl15N6wmMTZcFDyiWV5SYQKbIsJyjthmJR-mmUdxEqBD0Z83LZeuEwsTFoI-MHRYLfA19T9CsWF14fQdTEykqhVs/s400/751px-2d_of_5d_2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 185px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 232px;" /></a><br /><br /><br />“One
of the primary blocks to such latent creativity is what Bohm refers to
as ‘self-sustaining’ confusion in the mind, in contrast to ‘simple’
confusion. Simple confusion is that which we experience when for
instance, we don’t understand directions we are given, or when we can’t
find the solution to a puzzle. Self-sustaining confusion, on the other
hand occurs ‘when the mind is trying to escape awareness of conflict…in
which one’s deep intention is really to avoid perceiving the fact,
rather than to sort it out and make it clear’ Bohm points out that this
process creates an order of its own: a reflexive state of dullness in
which the natural agility of the mind is replaced is replaced with a
torpor on the one hand, mechanical and meaningless fantasies on the
other. Unfortunately says Bohm, this has come to be considered a normal
state of mind, and is therefore endemic to our culture.”<br /><br />-Lee Nichols, Preface to the Routledge Classics Edition of David Bohm’s “On Creativity”, Routledge 1997.</div>
Vision Forumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06031287871423684528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8202380328051772274.post-80245275682356058402013-03-10T08:43:00.002-07:002013-09-10T05:27:24.851-07:00On Physics and Philosophy - Bernard d'Espangnat<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This highly credentialed French physicist applies the disciplines of quantum field theory and philosophy to refute assumptions commonly held by scientists, philosophers, and lay people about what is "real," and to sort out such views as are consonant with experimental data. I take pleasure in D'Espangnat's clean writing, his dedication to accuracy, and his insistence on addressing the ground from which our concepts arise. Here D'Espagnat expands on his earlier work regarding "veiled reality." The book is accessible to lay intellectuals who like to savor ideas and reflect on them.</div>
Vision Forumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06031287871423684528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8202380328051772274.post-40434091141059990162011-10-27T13:27:00.001-07:002011-10-27T13:30:36.563-07:00Du vide et de la création<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi11KBOJgjVQFvN5h_PjKhDvpQnPMKXvKU3ED_IglU-kQbX1pfWxQ46SriaHqvzujIqzzc6OQPbRb3dtBmY6HiZaJksGqzmKeOeaJ9EWIyy8KQ7ca4xhhBXKUphmNoT4AYVEyhE8oin9RXu/s1600/41ETCE1JQCL._SS500_.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi11KBOJgjVQFvN5h_PjKhDvpQnPMKXvKU3ED_IglU-kQbX1pfWxQ46SriaHqvzujIqzzc6OQPbRb3dtBmY6HiZaJksGqzmKeOeaJ9EWIyy8KQ7ca4xhhBXKUphmNoT4AYVEyhE8oin9RXu/s320/41ETCE1JQCL._SS500_.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668271452482990994" border="0" /></a>For those of you who read French, this books comes highly recommended. It is science mixed with poetry on a breathtaking level and totally changes your perception about what void is! If you want to read the glorious Michel Cassé in English try <a href="http://www.amazon.fr/Stellar-Alchemy-Cellestial-Origin-Atoms/dp/0521821827/ref=sr_1_1?s=english-books&ie=UTF8&qid=1319747170&sr=1-1">this one</a>.Vision Forumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06031287871423684528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8202380328051772274.post-25613744403598574032011-09-14T02:07:00.000-07:002011-09-14T02:08:23.401-07:00Edge: Intuitive Thinking according to Daniel Kahneman<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://edge.org/images/edge_logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://edge.org/images/edge_logo.jpg" /></a></div><i>The power of settings, the power of priming, and the power of unconscious thinking, all of those are a major change in psychology. I can't think of a bigger change in my lifetime. You were asking what's exciting? That's exciting, to me.</i><br />
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<a href="http://edge.org/conversation/the-marvels-and-flaws-of-intuitive-thinking">Pretty nice read, and discussion</a><br />
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</div>Stephen Whitmarshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14769909797286703599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8202380328051772274.post-33285832890895434112011-09-14T01:02:00.000-07:002011-09-14T01:02:32.542-07:00Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i43.tower.com/images/mm100601515/looking-for-spinoza-joy-sorrow-feeling-brain-antonio-damasio-paperback-cover-art.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i43.tower.com/images/mm100601515/looking-for-spinoza-joy-sorrow-feeling-brain-antonio-damasio-paperback-cover-art.jpg" /></a></div><br />
<span id="ps-shownContent">Completing the trilogy that began with <i>Descartes' Error</i> and continued with <i>The Feeling of What Happens</i>, noted neuroscientist Antonio Damasio now focuses the full force of his research and wisdom on emotions. He shows how joy and sorrow are cornerstones of our survival. As he investigates the cerebral mechanisms behind emotions and feelings, Damasio argues that the internal regulatory processes not only preserve life within ourselves, but they create, motivate, and even shape our greatest cultural accomplishments.<br />
If Descartes declared a split between mind and body, Spinoza not only unified the two but intuitively understood the role of emotions in human survival and culture. So it is Spinoza who accompanies Damasio as he journeys back to the seventeenth century in search of a philosopher who, in Damasio's view, prefigured modern neuroscience.<br />
In <i>Looking for Spinoza</i> Damasio brings us closer to understanding the delicate interaction between affect, consciousness, and memory--the processes that both keep us alive and make life worth living.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2003/may/24/scienceandnature.highereducation1%20"><span id="ps-shownContent">A pretty extensive review on the Guardian</span></a><br />
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