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He insists that 'mirror neurons' give rise to the aspects of self, but who's not to say that they are a reflection/ habituation of processes 'out there', I don'
by orthoganol 10y ago
He insists that 'mirror neurons' give rise to the aspects of self, but who's not to say that they are a reflection/ habituation of processes 'out there', I don't know, something like the (aptly named) 'mirror stage' of childhood? Shouldn't a discussion of correlation vs. causation be important for his argument?
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- taormina 10y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_stage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_stage
- orthoganol 10y agoI'm not saying the mirror stage is the explanation, formative experiences more generally in childhood might be a reason you see 'mirror neuron' networks. A feral child can't learn language after a certain point, and hypothetically I would imagine he would not show a 'mirror neuron' network (or sense of self awareness). Either way, I think the author needs to address correlation vs. causation before assuming the latter.