tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post1415829747312373535..comments2024-03-05T21:22:43.426-05:00Comments on parshablog: Ibn Ezra and a theory of memoryjoshwaxmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516171362038454070noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-27669758028658329512011-02-23T10:18:32.075-05:002011-02-23T10:18:32.075-05:00check out my latest post here, on this subject.
k...check out my latest post <a href="http://parsha.blogspot.com/2011/02/another-ibn-ezra-on-brain-anatomy.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>, on this subject.<br /><br />kt,<br />joshjoshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-15765683230841648202011-02-21T19:21:49.088-05:002011-02-21T19:21:49.088-05:00ah, you didn't withdraw the comment. I took it...ah, you didn't withdraw the comment. I took it out of the spam folder, where Blogger wrongly placed it.joshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-58788393392059023212011-02-21T19:20:55.782-05:002011-02-21T19:20:55.782-05:00to the commenter who withdrew the comment for some...to the commenter who withdrew the comment for some reason: <br /><br />thanks! this is indeed pretty neat. but i have some thoughts about it, which i'll have to save for another post. in the meantime, you can check out Ibn Ezra on Ki Tisa, regarding the three aspects of Betzalel's wisdom, corresponding to the three areas of the brain, as Ibn Caspi points out.<br /><br />kol tuv,<br />joshjoshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-1628730817776566642011-02-21T15:53:58.598-05:002011-02-21T15:53:58.598-05:00And that place is the place of the guarding of the...<i>And that place is the place of the guarding of the <b>forms</b></i><br /><br />From <a href="http://www.waiting.com/brainanatomy.html" rel="nofollow">here</a><br /><br />Occipital Lobe - Region in the back of the brain which processes visual information. Not only is the occipital lobe mainly responsible for visual reception, it also contains association areas that help in the <b>visual recognition of shapes and colors.</b> Damage to this lobe can cause visual deficitsZnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-21683506225497560932011-02-21T10:15:44.098-05:002011-02-21T10:15:44.098-05:00good point.
still, if i could establish it stron...good point. <br /><br />still, if i could establish it strongly for one or two Rishonim, and give a few examples for other Rishonim they think would have access to the masorah, then perhaps it could be established more broadly. (e.g., ramban and rabbenu yona accepting that musk, mentioned in the gemara, is initially accumulated blood, like Ibn Ezra and Rambam.)<br /><br />kt,<br />joshjoshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-9915514812187619672011-02-19T23:41:41.135-05:002011-02-19T23:41:41.135-05:00The fact that the Ibn Ezra made a mistake in scien...The fact that the Ibn Ezra made a mistake in science would not be relevant to most "non-rationalist" people. For them, the Ibn Ezra is anyways a border-line rishon since he often argues with Chazal. Additionally, that camp believes that Chazal's scientific knowledge derived from mesorah, not from Divine inspiration. They would argue that the Ibn Ezra, like the Rambam, did not necessarily have access to that mesorah.MiGnoreply@blogger.com