Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!hao!ames!pacbell!att-ih!ihnp4!inuxc!iuvax!pur-ee!pc.ecn.purdue.edu!ga.ecn.purdue.edu!langg From: langg@ga.ecn.purdue.edu (George Lang) Newsgroups: sci.psychology Subject: Re: language, thought, and culture Message-ID: <352@ga.ecn.purdue.edu> Date: 12 Mar 88 11:06:30 GMT References: <44@gollum.Columbia.NCR.COM> <2894@pbhyf.UUCP> <888@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu> <326@thirdi.UUCP> <899@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu> <5776@dhw68k.cts.com> <5378@swan.ulowell.edu> Reply-To: langg@ga.ecn.purdue.edu.UUCP (George Lang) Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network Lines: 27 > What does the frontal lobe do that gives man his greater intelligence? >I believe that it possesses conciousness. A man with conciousness can >(for lack of a better word) conciously make reactions without the need >for outside stimuli. Conciousness can also create stimuli at will (the >cognitive image). > Instead the term "conciousness" I should like to suggest: A free - logically considered - will. This should be the first & formost attribute of deity in monotheistic faiths. Consequently, in exact accordance to monotheistic logic, since man was created "in god's image" has the same attribute, unlike animals which were not. > Sean Brunnock > University of Lowell > sbrunnoc@eagle.cs.ulowell.edu G. T. Lang, Purdue U.