The generation of meaning is the most fundamental process of the
mind. It underlies all major mental functions, such as
intelligence, memory, perception, and communication. Not
surprisingly, it has been one of the most difficult processes to
understand and represent in a model of human cognition. Dr.
Christine Hardy introduces two fundamental concepts to address the
complexity and richness of meaning. First, she discusses Semantic
Constellations, which constitute the basic transversal network
organization of mental and neural processes. Second, she addresses
a highly dynamic connective process that underlies conscious
thought and constantly gives birth to novel emergents or meanings.
Taken together, Hardy asserts, the mind's network architecture and
connective dynamics allow for self-organization, generativity, and
creativity. They can also account for some of the most interesting
facets of mental processes, in particular, nonlinear shifts and
"breakthroughs" such as intuition, insights, and shifts in states
of consciousness. This connective dynamic does not just take place
within the mind. Rather, it involves a continuously evolving
person-environment interaction: meaning is injected into the
environment, and then retrojected, somewhat modified, back into the
psyche. This means that, simultaneously, we are both perceiving
reality and subtly influencing the very reality we perceive:
objects, events, and other individuals. The way in which we think
and feel, both individually and collectively, interacts with the
physical world and directly shapes the society in which we live.
The very same connective dynamic, Hardy shows, is the foundation
for those rare yet striking transpersonalexperiences known as
synchronicity and psychic phenomena. We live in a world in which we
interact with reality at a very fundamental level. Hardy's work is
a major analysis for scholars and researchers in the cognitive
sciences, psychology, and parapsychology.
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