From Plato’s Dialogs of Socrates, as quoted in “Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” (ZMM) by Robert Pirsig.

A Brain Owner’s Users Manual1: A Hints & Helps Guide For Increasing Human Day-By-Day Effectiveness!!!

Abstract: The Human Brain, As A General Problem Solver, Is Observed To Find Automatically Spontaneously “Best Or Near Best” Solutions, That Correspond To Highest Mental Coherence:

This SACS AAPT talk, building on my previous talks, will suggest GUARANTEED special practices, anyone can adopt, to increase their own personal & professional Effectiveness: And in the process, they will self-demonstrate the truth, usefulness, and accuracy of the Hopfield’s Mathematical Model of the Mammalian Brain. Talk will feature audience feedback.
… Why Is Our Brain This Way? Living creature, OF NECESSITY MUST have evolved, so they will find and use (most of the time), best actions for survival!!! Thus it is our human heritage, to (practically) instantly see automatically & spontaneously the best way and be able to do actions most efficiently. (Again, most of the time).
… Of course, clearly there are many ways in which we can NOT expect any brain to function as intended: These include brains that have been injured, or damaged, or chemically & drug altered, or genetically (or developmentally) malformed. Add to this, the effects of various diseases => High fever, virus attack, loss of blood to brain, or massive head impact. Or forms of deranged mind, including furious anger or extreme fear. Or dreaming, asleep, or insufficient sleep, not awake yet, etc, etc.

NOTE1: This talk was at first, presented to The Southern Atlantic Coast Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers. (SACS-AAPT) Their WebSite http://sacsaapt.org/ is no longer available. Please send email if you want more information.
NOTE2: Suggested readings & practices are GUARANTEED to work!! Persons who try, with no satisfaction: IRS deductible donation of $30/hour will go to their chosen charity. (Restrictions apply: Email to me BEFORE you spend any time on this, with expectation of using This Guarantee.)
NOTE3: More information about me or topics of this talk please 1) Send email. Or 2) Consult WebPages, at the following three links.
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http://venturearete.org/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/Documents/ProtoTheoryOfMindThesisPanoCompactExpanation
((NOTE: When viewing the top link above, in the (at left) Main Menu, please also study other items you will see, especially top 8 Blue Links.))

MY ABSTRACT HAS IN IT, TWO VERY USEFUL & REVEALING PROPOSITIONS: : {{HSG: Hold up & point to This talk Abstract in Fall 2013 SACS AAPT Program.}}

PLEASE REMEMBER THE FOLLOWING PRACTICAL POINTS OF THIS TALK::

NOW, because my (Henry Gurr’s) talk presents => A very practical and useful guide to “Getting Done What You Went To Do, Faster, Easier, and With More Enjoyment AND Fewer Blockages & Errors”. we see, from this viewpoint that => Henry Gurr’s whole talk presentation, is thus effectively “A Brain Owners User’s Manual”. (although not stated here in)

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BUT I HAVE A SPEAKER’S DILEMMA:
From my previous talks have given, I get sneaking suspicion that my audience was like students => Despite the fact that they appeared to pay attention, and seemed to absorb my ideas presented, there were no questions or comments Thus, I feared the end result was => :In one ear and out the other, with effectively a plan to forget…AND To good approximation
‘’’ NO IMPACT WHAT-SO-EVER!! ‘’’

''' THEREFORE, FOR THIS REASON, MY SERIES OF SUGGESTED BEST PRACTICES;
REALLY PROPOSITIONS FOR “A BRAIN OWNER’S USERS MANUAL” => '''
… WILL BE PHRASED –AS AUDIENCE FEEDBACK QUESTIONS – SO AS TO GO BEYOND AUDIENCE “Plan To Forget”.
I believe this will be an efficient way to gather much needed experimental data for my book … .
AND … You also will benefit from seeing where your colleagues are on these questions, AND
Perhaps you thus, will be urged to try more suggested practices. !!
(You dear reader in internet-land. Please send email with your votes!!)

SO ….. HOW MANY OF YOU …. ??<<< ((HSG, during talk, demo his request for audience vote, with held up hand as audience prompt.))
1) Know that really good IDEAS can pop to mind Flash-of-Insight **AHA** !! at completely odd moments, when least expect??
2) Noticed that => “Out of the Blue” REALLY good ideas come as sudden ***AHA*** Flash-of-Insights will be EXACTLY the NEEDED & GOOD solutions to current frustrating problem?
3) Noticed that => “Out of the Blue” REALLY good ideas come as sudden ***AHA*** Flash-of-Insights, will suddenly arrive when you have become TOTALLY CONFUSED BY crazy puzzles in trouble shooting?
4) Noticed that => When you have become tired & bogged down from writing of a big involved document You may similarly have SUDDEN GOOD IDEA while you are, on a coffee break?

5) For such “Light-Bulb Events”, how many carry paper and pen: & Write-Em-Down, BECAUSE

6) Noticed that the really good “Insight” Ideas MOST ESPECIALLY happen when =>

7) Noticed that the really good “Insight” Ideas happen while doing repetitive boring odd jobs that don’t require (much conscious) attention. Such as => Raking leaves, washing dishes, put away laundry

8) How many know that => To get good “Flash of Insight” Ideas it’s important “Take a break” for a rest, coffee/tea & food ?
9) How many When during say writing composition, and you are stuck for lack of needed words, its important to a) “Quit & Come Back Later”.
… 9) ''
10) know to “Take a break”: IF you run into BIG mistake, or snag, or Uhh-ho, while building something?
… 10) Continued: And know that your work is in mortal danger if you do NOT “Take a break”?

11) To get good “Flash of Insight” Ideas => How many know it’s important you have ON PURPOSE, a special “Relax & Thinking Place OR a Certain Chair”, Away from your work place? And away from distractions or interruptions?

(( HSG, make LONG EXPECTANT PAUSE--- Have I been wrong or misleading anywhere?
… Does anyone have a good “Light-Bulb” “It Dawned On Me” Story For Us?? ((Reader Plz send email.))
… I HAVE LOTS MORE …. KEEP GOING???’ ((PAUSE--- LONG EXPECTANT))

HOW MANY OF YOU …. ??
12) Have been able to see an **AHA” Flash-of-Insight in someone ELSE? (besides yourself)
13) Have seen, such as other person suddenly holds still, as if thinking …. Then sudden smile, with posture shifts?? (NOTE: You may learn more about this, at the 3 Links given above,. each of which have more links & references.)
14) Are aware that our brain, in Relaxed Moments Consciousness Unoccupied, you can have pop to mind a Solution To A Problem You Did Not Know You Even Had??? ( (I have ~7 written observations of these Very Remarkable Insights!! A much needed and very good answer to a situation (ie problem), had not even thought about, or knew existed!!
15) Know that, for good “insight” ideas to pop to mind you MUST HAVE EXTENSIVE, hard won, PREPARATION?? !!!
16) Know that, for good “insight” ideas, you MUST FIRST ENGAGE LOTS OF PROJECT PREPARATION: THINKING, PLANNING, IMAGINING, ETC.
17) Know that, for good “insight” ideas, MUST SKETCH PLANS, WRITE OUT IDEAS HOW TO START WORK ON THIS, ETC ?
18) Know that, for good “insight” ideas to pop to mind, you, for example, should be like Thomas Edison … READ MUCH ABOUT WHAT OTHERS HAVE DONE??

NOW GET THIS: :
19) Know that you: MUST FIRST HAVE,COMPLETED ( ON REAL HARDWARE), LOTS FRUSTRATION & BLOCKAGE ON REAL PROJECTS YOU ARE TRYING TO DO…

… 19) Continued: AND MUST KEEP TRYING: AND TRYING, AND KEEP GOING, DESPITE ENDLESS FRUSTRATION AND DISCOURAGEMENT, MUST ENDURE AND KEEP ON TRYING !!!!

… 19) Continued: And to repeat: YOU MUST ENDURE FRUSTRATION & KEEP ON TRYING, DESPITE ENDLESS BLOCKAGES AND KNOCK DOWN DISCOURAGEMENT??

20) Know that all these 19)Continued’s EXPLICITLY '''APPLIES TO ANY BLOCKAGE OR HANG-UPS IN => INVENTING, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, OR TROUBLE-SHOOTING?
… 20) Continued: And know the above 19) Also applies: FOR ALL HANG-UP’S IN ANY LEARNING OR BLOCKAGE THAT HAPPENS IN DOCUMENT WRITING COMPOSITION!

… 21) Continued: COROLLARY TO ABOVE => “Quit & Come Back Later” => The needed words will automatically spontaneously Mentally Arrive?: Continued: And know that AFTER a

21) Know that, for good “insight” ideas, you should practice “THE VIRTUES OF WAIT” : For your next big project => If you can reasonably put off doing anything, JUST SIMPLY WAIT, while you think what is needed, prepare & write scratch notes !!! :
… 21) Continued: As stated in above 15) thru 18), Make your plans, think it thru & write out the steps how to do the job, then WAIT. Very HIGH chance you will automatically spontaneously think of a FAR BETTER WAYS over next several days,

… 21) Continued: PLUS, Have YOU observed this? => EVEN AS YOU GATHER THE TOOLS, & PREP TO ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY START THE JOB, BE PREPARED FOR AN OTHER BURST OF GOOD IDEAS!!! JUST WATCH!!.

… 21) Continued: DITTO FOR RAISE A HAMMER OR PICK UP A SAW & NEW WAYS WILL POP TO MIND!!!
… 21) Continued: COROLLARY TO ABOVE: As is said in ZMM: “It is almost IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOUR HANG-UP ( i.e.Your Problem) NOT TO GET SOLVED! Author Pirsig says a good solution automatically spontaneously WILL NEARLY ALWAYS COME TO MIND, in essence, because this of the properties of the AHA Type Problem Solving Brain you have!! … In ZMM, many excellent techniques for Problem Solving, are given with examples of various methods are given, including AHA’s, called Crystallizations. Also it is stressed by implication (but not explicitly stated) through-out ZMM, that we naturally have a Hopfield type general problem solving brain, as I have been listing in the questions above. This is one of many major points of ZMM: Of course this fits Motorcycle Maintenance, trouble shooting, hang-ups and all!! & more!!

22) As is said many a time in book “Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” (ZMM) by Robert Pirsig =>: “DON’T GET IN A HURRY”!!
… 22) Continued: COROLLARY TO ABOVE: I Henry Gurr have been counting up the times I’VE MADE ERRORS, OMISSIONS, MIS-STEPS, only to realize later, I GOT IN A HURRY!!
… How many of you have noticed this?:

23) IN FACT ZMM BOOK ITSELF, REALLY IS A “BRAIN OWNER’S USERS MANUAL” !! WITH MAJOR PARTS, ABOUT =>

Applications Of Above Mentioned => AFTER A “Quit & Come Back Later” => The Needed Words Late,r Will Automatically Spontaneously Mentally Arrive?

'''A) Why The Creation Of New Documents Require Repeated Cycles Of Go Back And Read Over Previous Writing, To Do Edit Correction & Improve!
… Whenever you are creating a new email, big document, or book, you should expect an endless cycle of => Go back and read over previous writing, to do edit correction & improve, first time, second time, third time, fourth time, spread out over several days, weeks, and months. AND for each of these “Read back over previous writing”(s), you will always find NEW “edit correction & improve”(s). Of course these obviously needed corrections have been there all along, but somehow they got repeatedly “over-looked”.
… But what is more interesting is “How does anyone’s mind finally find something that already been “over-looked”, several times?” => My own belief, is that when a person “Comes Back Later”, their basic mental state is different enough, to promote seeing differently. Of course just how much this helps the “edit correction & improve” process stands to watching how much. For me I see it all the time, enough so to make me to repeatedly “Read back over previous writings”.
… Why and how a person’s “basic mental state is different enough, to promote seeing differently, is an interesting research question. But think this “seeing differently” happens every time we shift attention to a new task or intellectual subject.

'''B) Why The Go Back Later And Read Over Browser Tab Content, Before Closing That Tab.
… Whenever you are finished working with the content any one Browser Tab, your attention goes on to other things. And later there comes a time to “Close old Browser Tabs”. Similar to the above document “Go back … to do edit correction & improve. “, you should take the time to “Go back and read over any Browser Tab, before closing it. … “=> My own belief, is that when a person “Comes Back Later”, their basic mental state is different enough, to promote seeing differently. And it is surprising how often “over-looked” valuable & useful information is automatically spontaneously noticed for the first time! Of course just how much this helps discover otherwise lost valuable & useful information, stands to watching how much. For me I see it all the time, enough so that it is my standard practice to “Read over any Browser Tab Content, before closing It”. With the expectation that new discoveries will result, and should take the time to make needed records and Browser Save Bookmarks.

To Promote Good Student Learning, Please Consider Helping Them Know & Put Int O Actual Practice, Much Of The Above.

WRAP-UP & CLOSURE & MORE IDEAS FOR FUTURE:

A) THIS talk has focused on the practical applications of our General Problem Solving Brain, which are well explained by the Neuronal Network Model of Princeton Physicist, J. J. Hopfield.
From the ~32 examples given above, we can see that, in essence everything stored in our mind, gets used to 1) recognize arrival of a problem, and then 2) automatically & actively create answers, ie problem solutions. 3) You will recognize, that these solutions make use of our memories: In fact our brain puts to use, ALL our Memories of a whole lifetime of experience. I assert that ALL such memories are “active”: This is seen, in the abovementioned examples! (Below I sketch some of the ‘‘‘many other’‘‘ consequences of such Problem Solutions.)

You will also recognize, that the above & below examples, depend upon wide-spread connectivity through-out the brain, in accomplishing much (or all) of what our brain, does.. How all this might happen, in The Hopfield Modeled Network of Neurons, is a topic for FUTURE talks (and my book).

NOTE: The original versions of the WebPage you are currently reading were, for a talk I Henry Gurr gave to The Southern Atlantic Coast Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers (SACS-AAPT) back in Fall 2013. But since that time there have been many improvements to my Theory Explanation Of “How Our Mind Works”. Please know that this WebPage had been Edit Revised to include these new improvements, most especially the content that follows.

A NECESSARY SIDE NOTE & INTERLUDE:
A GOOD THEORY IS MAGIC!!!

My son, David Gurr, says that my ideas, are not a whole lot better than “Magic Happens Here”. Although this is meant to be a very negative critique of what I am working on, I finally realized: Yes that’s true for what I am doing. But that’s alright,’ because that is what is happening in many famous and important theories!!
Examples: 1) Newton’s Gravity Law, says the inverse square law force of gravity is silent, invisible, in-tangible action at a distance: In essence magic!! Ditto for all our modern physics forces, which are quantum mechanical exchange particle forces. …. Think about it: …. All of our elementary particles are likewise, pure empty creations of the human mind, that magically do their work!! How is it that we dare to accept these Ghosts, as real?? How is it that we dare to base our lives on these Ghosts of the Imagination?

In view of this, we are forced to ask: ‘‘‘1) What is at the rock bottom of this?’‘‘ Properly viewed, a good theory, is a useful pile of word and or image-based models, some of which are converted to equations, which are at rock bottom, mere poetic metaphors!! In point of fact, Metaphoric Thinking (and non-verbal visualizations), were integral to the original theorist’s thinking, as he created his/her theory: And then, to gain his theories (original) acceptance proceeded to communicate its ideas, to other persons, again using Metaphor. . However, some of these theories have been so totally accepted for so very long, that their metaphoric base, very evident at the time of the theory’s creation & actually required for theory idea communication, are forgotten, and the words (once metaphors) are taken as real. Hence the term, “frozen or dead metaphors” ((See more on Metaphor below.) ‘‘‘2) What IS IT that leads people to believe in and use (good) theories?’‘‘ These theories, or models by what-ever name, demonstrably organize factual proven data, into a clear & accurate mental picture: Naturally any good theory must “Fit & Explain The Facts”, both past and future. And must do so in a way, that any onlooker, will be amazed, and thus pushed toward acceptance and eventual adoption. ‘‘‘3) What IS IT that most (and perhaps all) good theories do for us?’’''' A theory to be ‘=”good” must be so organized, that our problem solving brain, can more readily use the theory as a tool in order to: a) Perceive “
our life coming at us” (problem recognition), and b) Efficiently deduce what-to-do, in response (solution). “And naturally the theory “Must Work” Now …. Having completed our response (ie successful solution), we can c) Look back and see that in observed fact, that the accomplished behavior, d) Has been overall: accurate, effective and economical. Which, e) By positive feedback, becomes, more data and support for continued use of the theory!!

In Summary: The Theory Must
A) “Fit & Explain ‘The Observed Facts’, both past and future”.
B) A theory to be “good” must be so organized, that our problem solving brain, can more readily use the theory as a tool to =>
… a) Perceive “our life coming at us” (problem recognition), and
… b) Efficiently deduce what-to-do, in response (solution).
C) And naturally the theory Must “Work”
D) And then be well remembered, so it is fully ready, the NEXT time a relevant problem hits!!

Although a whole lot more could (and has been) be said, my position (& justification) is as stated above:

But for sake of summary, here it is re-phrased =>

'''MY ABOVE ABSTRACT & ABOVE IDEAS HAVE IN THEM, VERY USEFUL & REVEALING PROPOSITIONS. AND CONSTITUTE A NEW USEFUL THEORY, IN NASCENT BEGINNINGS.
AND YES INDEED, AS IS TRUE FOR MANY THEORIES => “MAGIC HAPPENS HERE”
END INTERLUDE.

There Are Important Extensions Of The Above, Into Such Areas As: MEMORY & PERCEPTION. These Are Usefully Viewed As Direct Consequences Of Our **AHA** Eureka Type Discovery Problem Solving Brain, And Likewise Depends On Our Brain’s Massive Memory And Upon Wide-Spread Connectivity Through-Out The Brain.
… It is ALSO useful and revealing to view our mental processes of Memory & Perception, as results of a “Problem Solving Brain”, and as such follow naturally from Hopfield Model:

… ((SIDE NOTE: As is true for practically any facet of living creatures, their observed characteristics and modes of operation, are there for a purpose, namely survival & reproduction. Although not explicitly stated, we must assume this applies throughout this document. Most especially this applies to the Problem Solving Brain, and likewise, depends on our brain’s massive memory and its dependence upon wide-spread connectivity through-out the brain.))

A) The Following Are Of Especial Importance As Additional Abilities, Of The “Problem Solving Brain” =>

B) ONE THING REMINDS US OF ANOTHER, is a handy way to describe what is called an Associative Memory: This Type of Memory is an important extensions of the above, is usefully viewed as direct consequences of our **AHA** Eureka type discovery problem solving brain, and likewise depends on our brain’s massive memory and upon wide-spread connectivity through-out the brain.

1) There Are Many Arenas On Human Mental Processes Where (Because Of Our “Associative Memory”), A Small Bit Of Information, Brings Back A Whole Lot More …. In Successive Creative Leaps. …. Here Are Some Examples =>
… a) For an archeologist, a tiny fragment of a pottery shard, can bring to mind (and uniquely identify), the look & manufacture of the whole pot, plus the civilization, dates, and areas of the world where it was made.
… b) Or for the food connoisseur, the merest aroma (or food taste), can bring up the whole memory scene: The restaurant, persons there around the table, including the restaurant staff, and where located in the world, even with visualizations of street scene outside, and how to travel there!!
… c) For yourself, what are all the mental images, and things you do with WaWa? (Drink, wash, swim, boat, cruise ships, shipping freight, essential for life on earth. )
… d) For yourself, what happens when daydreaming, or even asleep dreams?
… e) Even an INTENTION to do any job or other future action: Here, as stated above, is where a small desired-end-result, can call-up an entire behavior repertoire, identify difficulties and hang-ups etc., and then call-up the steps needed for it’s completion
… ((For more about INTENTION, scroll down to long discussion of this topic, about 36 inches below. ))

C) We All Use Mental Abilities Such a Metaphor, Analogy, Simile, and a Host of Similar Abilities: Besides Being Effective Method For Communication. But Had You Noticed That IN These “Abilities” => A Small Bit Of Information, Our Mind Connects To Other ~Similar Qualities. The Wikipedia Article Give An Example Of This By Saying => “Refers To One Thing By Mentioning Another”.

1) Wikipedia Gives This Excellent Summary =>
… A metaphor is a figure of speech that, for rhetorical effect, directly It may provide (or obscure) clarity or identify hidden similarities between two different ideas.
… Metaphors are often compared with other types of figurative language, such as antithesis, hyperbole, metonymy, and simile. One of the most commonly cited examples of a metaphor in English literature comes from the "All the world's a stage" monologue from play “As You Like It” by William Shakespeare:

… This quotation expresses a metaphor because the world is not literally a stage, and most humans are not literally actors and actresses playing roles. By asserting that the world is a stage, Shakespeare uses points of comparison between the world and a stage to convey an understanding about the mechanics of the world and the behavior of the people within it.
… In the ancient Hebrew psalms (around 1000 B.C.), one finds already vivid and poetic examples of metaphor such as, "The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold" and "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want".
… Some recent linguistic theories view all language in essence as metaphorical.
Above Are Excerpts From Wikipedia. Click Here For Entire Article.

2) The Ohio Valley Philosophical Education Society, Gives This Excellent Summary =>
“…Metaphors provide powerful instruments of thought by comparing nascent ideas to known entities in order to bring clarity and richness to the idea struggling for existence. Being able to make the unknown known is a particular power of metaphor. “

3) “METAPHOR: A Bridge Over Deep Waters.”
((Bolds by HSG: Note how this excellent WebPage says what The Human Mind can do: ))
“… But the human capacity for metaphor-making is more than merely an ability. It's the foundation of thought itself. As psychologist and linguist Stephen Pinker states in his The Stuff of Thought, ‘Metaphor is so widespread in language that it's hard to find expressions for abstract ideas that are not metaphorical.’ “
“…All of the creative thinking techniques we teach at Idea Champions are based on the innate capacity of the human mind to make connections, find patterns, and imagine alternatives.
“…One of these techniques involves using metaphors to give us '''insight into what our challenge or opportunity really IS under the surface. “
These Are Highly Important Thinking Tools:

4) We All Use Mental Abilities Such a Metaphor, Analogy, Simile, and a Host of Similar Abilities, Which I Henry Gurr Hereby Define As => SYMPATHETIC-POETIC ASSOCIATIVES (SPA).
… Our Human Ability To “See” And Understand Metaphor, Analogy, Simile, and a Host of Similar Abilities Comes From FURTHER CONSEQUENCES OF A VERY IMPORTANT IDEA =>
… HOW EVEN A PARTIAL FIT PROBLEM SOLUTION, IS HIGHLY USEFUL. AND DISCUSSES HOW THIS IN TURN =>

… Where These 26 above listed “Figures Of Speech” (are intrinsic human abilities

… And Our problem Solving Brain’s FIT PROBLEM SOLUTIONS, ALSO Gives Us At Rock Bottom => An Explanation Of & Operating Foundation To, Our Human Intellectual Life Including =>-Thinking, Learning, Teaching, & Creative Efforts Such as Writing, and Other Creative Arts.
To Learn More Click here. And AFTER this page comes up, please read surrounding sentences found by the First 9 of 22 > Do > Top Of Browser > Edit > Find > Metaphor, << WITH COMMA.
… NOTE: The above SYMPATHETIC-POETIC ASSOCIATIVES (SPA). And
HOW EVEN A PARTIAL FIT PROBLEM SOLUTION, IS HIGHLY USEFUL, are put here for what it is worth, hoping you dear reader to think this through, and help clarify how this idea might work!! Please send me an email, with your ideas!!

D) Here is my List of Additional Human Mental Abilities, That All Seem To Work Because Our Brain Has Associative Memory Ability.
… We all use Meter, Pace, Rhythm, In Music and even walking or running! …Plus Especially Music Composers & Music Performers of Singing Productions use => Beat, Cadence, just like Walking & Running.:
ONE THING REMINDS US OF ANOTHER, Comes From Our Brain’s Associative Memory Ability:
… As stated above => There Are Many Arenas On Human Mental Processes Where (Because Of Our “Associative Memory”), A Small Bit Of Information, Brings Back A Whole Lot More …. In Successive Creative Leaps, such as illustrated by examples 1) thru 3).
… All of these examples have in common, the principal characteristic of Associative Memory, wherein, a small shred, pulls up the whole larger “scene”:
But, of course, each has it’s own characteristics (a dimension?), which I have yet to tease out enough to even attempt a better description than the inadequate attempt you see here:
… But I imagine the multi-faceted character of each SPA, might be likened to various dimension(s) in science, like Time, 3D Space, Mass, Charge, Quantum Number, Strangeness, Quark Color, Etc. I suspect that an examination of how each of these “works”, i.e. does it’s job, would be a worthy research effort. Also much literature research and study, and thinking will be worth the effort. Whatever is happening in our Associative Memory, surely will illuminate the actions of above examples 1) thru 3), each in turn. And conversely.
… Naturally, Our Problem Solving Brain’s Partial Fit Problem Solving Ability, Will Be A Large Part Of The Final Story!

A Long Discussion A) Thru G), Of The Topic Of BRAIN CONSTRUCT, CONSTRUCTED, CONSTRUCTIVISM, & PHILOSIHIC CONSTRUCTIVISM. These Relate To The Psychology & Philosophy Topic Of “CONSTRUCTIVISM”

The Human Brain, As A General Problem Solver, Is Observed To Find Automatically Spontaneously Generate Construct Create “Best Or Near Best” Solutions, That Correspond To Highest Mental Coherence:

FOR THE CONVENIENC OF THE READER (Below On This WebPage You Are Currently Reading), THE FOLLOWING IS AN ANNOTATED LIST OF HENRY GURR’S WEBPAGES THAT VARIOUSLY DISCUSS TOPICS OF => BRAIN CONSTRUCT, CONSTRUCTIVISM, & PHILOSIHIC CONSTRUCTIVISM.
In Order (Top To Bottom) Of Reading Difficulty, Provides For The Reader A Collected List Of Henry Gurr’s WebPage, '' Each Of Which Have Useful Discussions Of These Above Mentioned Topics.

A) Our Ideas, Thoughts, Perceptions, Future Plans, And Other Mental Arrivals (Similar To Flash Of Insight), That Suddenly Come Into Our Conscious Mind, Most Usefully May Be Considered To Be => CONSTRUCTED Solutions To Life’s Oncoming Problems, Which Mentally Arrive Into Our Conscious Mind, From Spontaneous & Automatic UN-Conscious Brain Processes:
… As Is Observed In Ourselves And Other People, ''' these single (“only-one-at-a-time”), Optimum (Best or Near Best) Solutions (Answers, Thinking, Ideas, Future Plans, Intentions, Body Actions, Etc ), are Spontaneously & Automatically Generated, Constructed, Created, by Our Problem Solving Brain: And if the Solution is of sufficient Quality ( Fitness ), it Mentally Arrives into Our Conscious Mind.
… The term “Constructivism” was ?originally? used in Educational Circles, especially by followers of rightly famed, Jean Paget. He was a Swiss Biologist, turned Education Psychologist, who extensively studied & researched human mental development from childhood to adult. Much of his work revealed the children’s construction of scientific principles & understanding. Some of their learning, happened a Flash of Insight **AHA**!! Both of these I well learned from Piaget’s publications and or the writings of his followers. And, in essence started me on the work that has lead up to this document you are reading. … I thank Jean Piaget for this, as well as Education Professor Paul Wirtz, for starting me on this path!!
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''' B) A Supplementary WebPage On which are Presented Three Side Issues That The Enthusiast In The Study Of Mind May Want To Eventually Understand.
'''
… ISSUE3: The Huge Field Of Study Called “Constructivism (Constructivist Epistemology).
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C) Supplementary Information#2 for Henry S Gurr’s Unified Panorama View Into How Our Mind Works, Including Topics Of => Analogy, Metaphor, and Related Neural Cognitive Theories.
… Please See This => Psychological Constructivism: The [Student As] Independent Investigator,
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D) …The Human Brain As General Problem Solver, Is Observed (Most Of The Time) To Find “Best” Solutions, That Correspond To Highest Mental Coherence: This Presentation, Building On Previous, Will Discuss I) The Topic Of Constructivist Epistemology,
… These Below Quoted Passages => Show Historical Authors’ Awareness of What is Now Called “Constructivism”, Or More Properly “Constructivist Epistemology”.
… ''' “Constructivism” is a name having its origins in Sociology ~1940. This term is also is applied to Teaching, including Physics Teaching, where there are many physicists who use “Constructivists Learning Theory”, to guide their efforts. Some physicist (myself included), even espouse Ernst Von Glasserfield’s “Radical Constructivism” See 2 two Blue Links & see Google Search Suggestion.
… As Viewed By Constructivism, Our Problem Solving Brain Generating, Constructing, Creating => Solutions (Answers) To The “Problems of Life Coming At Us”, Which Suddenly Automatically Spontaneously Mentally Arrival Into Conscious Mind, Are Examples of the “Stepping Stones” Used By All Humans To Generate, Create,-CONSTRUCT,-Build, An Entire Self-Organized Mental-World.
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E) What Is Robert Pirsig’s Book “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” Really About?
… Robert Pirsig says his “Dynamic Quality”, is the “cutting edge of reality”, in our minds like the leading edge of our thinking.
… Thus Pirsig’s: '' “Dynamic Quality”, is the cutting edge of awareness for ourselves, and our society, and indeed the whole universe.
… So, Pirsig’s “Quality”, most particularly “Dynamic Quality”, is the cutting edge of our whole reality, and that’s what Pirsig got a-hold of and worked on and worked on and worked on. And this cutting edge, called '' “Dynamic Quality”, is an automatic problem solving ability we have in ourselves, and it most certainly is an important part of our being.
… As Pirsig says, it’s the leading edge of the freight train engine, that opens up new territory, but just as soon as that territory is entered, just ever so slightly, the thickness of a coating of paint, it becomes Static Quality, in those boxcars following along on the track of Quality. For example, to the contents of those boxcars, are added our newly learned, skills and knowledge.
… This same conclusion, is also implied in all of ZMM, where Dynamic Quality is the cutting edge of reality’, and makes our reality (i.e. topic of Constructivism), “All of it. Every last bit of it!’ << This construct our reality, in my Proto Theory, is another result of our Problem Solving Brain.
Click Here To Continue Reading. And AFTER this page comes up > 3 thru 18 Each > Do > Top > Edit > Find > Construct

F) A Brain Owner’s Users Manual1: A Hints & Helps Guide For Increasing Human Day-By-Day Effectiveness! By Henry Gurr. (The WebPage You Are CURRENTLY READING.)
… And ON THIS PAGE comes up > 1 thru 8 Each > Do > Top > Edit > Find > Construct

G) To Help Boost Comprehension, As The Need Arises, Please Consult & Study The Suggested Listed Pages At => FOR FURTHER READING

A Long Discussion Of The Topic Of INTENTION:

This Oxford Handbook Excerpt Gives A Good Explanation Of Intention:
… “Intention, intentional action, and the connections between them are central topics of the philosophy of action, a branch of the philosophy of mind. One who regards the subject matter of the philosophy of mind as having at its core some aspect of what lies between environmental input to beings with minds and behavioural output may be inclined to see the philosophy of action as concerned only with the output end of things. That would be a mistake. Many intentional actions depend for their development on the processing of input — both from the environment and from the body. …”
Click Here For Entire Oxford Handbook Article.

However Wikipedia Excerpt Says => “Intentionality, Is Related To Conscious Awareness”: Brentano (~1874) described intentionality as a characteristic of all acts of consciousness, "psychical" or "mental" phenomena, by which it could be set apart from "physical" or "natural" phenomena. Brentano described intentionality as a characteristic of all acts of consciousness … Every mental phenomenon includes something as object within itself, although they do not all do so in the same way. In presentation something is presented, in judgement something is affirmed or denied, in love loved, in hate hated, in desire desired and so on. This intentional in-existence is characteristic exclusively of mental phenomena. No physical phenomenon exhibits anything like it. We could, therefore, define mental phenomena by saying that they are those phenomena which contain an object intentionally within themselves.
Click Here For Entire Oxford Handbook Article.

The Word “Intention”, Brings To My Henry Gurr’s Mind, Two UN-Solved Problems In The Philosophy Of Mind:
.. Or as least unsolved, to the agreement of philosophers, so far as I can determine, reading closely the following excerpts from Blue Link below.
…. i) The Problem Of Intention, where there no good agreement how our mind can intend to do a planned future action, or how we accomplish any action!! (See more below.)
…. ii) The Problem Of Intentionality, where there no good agreement how our mind can (by definition of this term), think, visualize, do, plan, or have a mental idea “about” something, whether inside or outside of our mind. Intentionality is a philosophical concept defined by the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy as => "the power of minds to be about, to represent, or to stand for, things, properties and states of affairs". The term refers to the ability of the mind to form representations and has nothing to do with “intention”.

Below Are Four Selected Passages From Angus J. L. Menuge’s “Dennett Denied: A Critique of Dennett’s Evolutionary Account of Intentionality”. These passages show where at least one philosopher “is”, re “intention”:
… I think other philosophers are similarly desperate or possibly bemused, by the apparent lack of philosopher explanation for “The Philosophical Problem Of Intention. ”. (See SECOND Blue Link below”.
… (Selected excerpts & Bold are by me, HSG.)

“ … …. “When a human being selects something [or forms an intention], she does it because she thinks it will be best for her, because of its anticipated but currently non-existent good consequences. As we saw under the first objection, the ability to pursue “intentionally inexistent” states of affairs is essential to intentionality, but Minimalist Mother Nature never does this.” ….

(NOTE: In Professor Angus J. L. Menuge’s (above bolded) opening salvo, he asserts that:: Our ability to have & accomplish “intentions”, can NOT EVER come from NON intention materialist biology!! Although he clearly recognized that persons can both know what is best and anticipate good future intentional consequences, he has no idea that brains have the native built-in ability to formulate (and accomplish) future plans, which are in all respects “intentions”. Thus a person regularly can have “intentions”, right along with even further intentions, and in future have the ability to accomplish them.
… Now, in contrast,, read on, to see the theistic dead end, where his ideas lead!! )

“ …. For instance, if intention is a representation that is such as to guide and control what it represents, its object must be as such as to be guided: it must be the sort of thing that can be in progress and move towards completion, something that can be done, not a mere proposition or state of affairs. …. “

“….. That the laws of nature are such that the human mind can discover them can not be
explained by the laws themselves (including natural selection), but requires a supernatural
explanation. ….. “

“….. [Thus] Our intentionality is the product of prior intentionality. The argument naturally leads to the postulation of some agency prior to, and arguably higher in power than, any human agent, although it does not establish that this agency has all the characteristics ascribed to God by theism. ….. “

“…..Third, traditional theism does have an explanation for the origin of human intentionality, one which shows that appeal to a higher agency need not be like appeal to Hagiographical Mother Nature. As traditional theism characterizes God, His agency requires no further explanation. … ”
Click Here For Complete Article Angus J. L. Menuge’s “Dennett Denied”:

Our Problem Solving Brain Solutions (Answers) PLUS Their Concurrent Created Future Plans, ARE IN ESSENCE INTENTIONS!
… And once this is thus understood we see Henry Gurr’s Theory Explanation of “How Our Mind Works” =>
… Provides A Viable, Brain Based, And Far More Successful, Alternate Explanation Of The Philosophical Problem Of Intention..
… And as such, provides as is stated in John R Searle’s prescient words => “[a valid] understanding [of] intentions... a prerequisite for… [a] theory of mind.”
Click Here To Read Complete Henry Gurr Discussion Of “Indention” AFTER this page comes up, scroll down to PROPOSITION 5b) …
END: A Long Discussion Of The Topic Of INTENTION:

A SUMMARY FOR THIS PAGE WHICH YOU ARE CURRENTLY READING: The 20 Inches Above Items A) Thru F), Concerning “CONSTRUCTED Solutions”, Are Directly Related To **AHA** Eureka Type Discovery Problem Solving, And Likewise Depend Upon Wide-Spread Connectivity Through-Out The Brain. And Thus, This Talk Has Focused On The Practical Applications Of Our General Problem Solving Brain: It Is My Assertion, That These “Un-Solved Philosophical Problems”, Are Well Explained By The Neuronal Network Model of Princeton Physicist, J. J. Hopfield.

Please send an email to me, if you have questions, doubts, or can think of any topics or corrections, to add to this document. HenryG_USCA.edu

FOR FURTHER READING => ON TOPICS RELATED TO => “BRAIN OWNERS USERS MANUALS”: THESE ARE RELATED TO (OR EXTEND) OR ARE IMPORTANT PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS Of => Henry Gurr’s “Proto-Theory Panorama Explanation Of How Our Mind Works”. ” ]]

A) For Further Reading #1 => Please Be Aware That There Are Essentially => FOUR DIFFERENT “BRAIN OWNERS USERS MANUALS” by Henry Gurr.

After This Document Comes Up, You Will Want To Explore Around, To Find The Many Practical And Useful Applications Of My Theory, And Thus See How It Is Effectively A Brain Owners User’s Manual.

The Next THREE “For Further Readings” Are ALSO “Brain Owners Users Manuals”.

After This Document Comes Up, You Will Need To Explore Around, To See How This Discussion Supports My Theory.

After This Webpage Comes Up, Please Scroll Down To => Relation Of Poetry To Metaphor. And Other Practical Applications:
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B) For Further Reading #2 => In the MAIN MENU AT TOP LEFT, YOU WILL SEE LISTED MANY PAGES, WHICH COMPRISE HENRY GURR’S ZMMQ WebSite =>

Then Suggest You Continue Next Page Below =>

Page 3) “How Our Mind Works.”: Collected Properties & Characteristics All Mental Arrivals Such As Flash of Insight PLUS Two Picture Analogies.

…From scattered places in Henry Gurr’s 8Theory WebPages (at top left) => Here collected into one WebPage, are the ALL of the Properties & Characteristics Of Every Mental Arrival(such as “Flash Of Insight”, “It Dawned On Me”, Epiphany, etc) which come automatically, spontaneously, Into Our Conscious Mind. Also shown nn this WebPage are => Picture Analogies of Before & After A Mental Arrival.
…By reading this essential summary overview WebPage, you will prepare your mind for easier reading of Henry Gurr’s 8 WebPages (at top left) “How Our Mind Works”. …This is because otherwise these various => Properties & Characteristics Of All Mental Arrivals , in their original scattered places, are presented in a way, such that it is hard to see “The Big Picture”.

Page 4) H Gurr’s Full Expounding Of => Henry Gurr’s “Proto-Theory Panorama Explanation Of How Our Mind Works”.

Page 5) Very Important Idea: Even Partial Fit Problem Solution Is Highly Useful => Especially for how Our Problem Solving Brain so easily gives us a Bes Understanding for=> 1) Camouflage, 2) Concept Confusion, and3) Figures of Speech, Such as Metaphor, Analogy, Allegory, Simile, Similar, Similarity, and 22 more.

Page 6) 'How HGurr’s Explanation of => “How Our Mind Works”, Helps Illuminate What’s Happening In Procrastination, And Helps Avoid Procrastination’s Blockages.

Page 7) Hopfield Neuron Network Model => Illuminate How Brains Generate, Construct, Create, Optimal Solutions To “Life’s Problems Coming At Us”, plus Links To Other H Gurr Writing On Mind.

Page 8) An Anatomy Of An Idea Come To Mind + Constructivist Epistemology + Mental Arrivals, Such As Flash of Insight.

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For Additional Reading, Some Of Which You May Have Already Seen:

A) ZMMQ SiteMaster’s Book Writing Project Here is a general overview of : My proposed book, which will cover 1) Why Hopfield’s work is important, and how his Mathematical Model of the Mammalian Brain, provides the solid mathematical based secure foundation, for what could be called a "A Strikingly Different New Science of How Our Mind Works" 2) My summary of the Whole Attitude Trap of Nihilism and Materialisim, (( “What Do You Mean, There Is No Meaning? Just Look Around You!!! )) 3) And why I think “The Conclusions of Nihilism, Come From A ‘’’Totally Wrong Interpretation’’’ Of What Science Is, Or Can Say”!!!
[[Documents/JJHopfieldModelHumanBrainAsGenProbSolver |My Book Writing Project. By Henry Gurr, ZMMQ Site Master.

B) Abstracts of Talks (Including Mine) Given to SACS AAPT Meetings:
This SACS AAPT Fall’13 Program.pdf WebPage, originally had all abstracts of various meetings, but is no longer available.

C) '''A Second “Hand-Out Document” for the above mentioned Fall 2013 Meeting. This WebPage considerably extends the this above page you have just been currently reading.)
Here recently revised Copy of my talk “Hand-Out Document”, which is a continuation of this page you are currently reading.

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