Human Programming (top down approaches)

June 2nd, 2007 Fred McVittie Posted in Computation, Embodiment, Metaphor |

• The language of ‘top-down’ programming (in the context of human action) is the language of embodied action, communicated through metaphor.
• Top-down programmes may take the form of analogies, beliefs, theories, or imaginary structures.
• Top-down programming may serve to organise a complex series of actions, such as performing a dance like the twist, or it may organise the nuances of an action such that the action is performed more optimally, or it may organise cognitive behaviour such that certain mental states are produced or optimised.