These are not synonyms. This is the sort of list of loose associations
one might get from a thesaurus, NOT the precise specification of
similarities and dissimilarities of putative synonyms that a dictionary
might offer.
A thesaurus is a useful tool for someone whose own verbal associations
are sparse or non-fluent, and who needs to write something REAL QUICK
and avoid the sort of repetition that an editor might blue-pencil. I
can only lament its involvement in scientific or philosophical
discourse, as it can only increase the lamentable semantic confusion
already characteristic of "discussions" of topics such as "soul".
F. Frank LeFever, Ph.D.
New York Neuropsychology Group
In <378dfebf.0 at ns2.wsg.net> "Ray D. Scanlon" <rscanlon at wsg.net> writes:
>>>I am collecting synonyms, part synonyms, euphemisms for soul. For a
start I
>have:
>>mind
>self
>agent
>intelligence
>homunculus
>knower
>thinker
>psyche
>consciousness
>>Who can give me some more?
>>--
>Ray
>>Those interested in how the brain works might look at
>www.wsg.net/~rscanlon/brain.htm
>>>>>>
