Quoting Ham Priday <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Consciousness (awareness) is the cognizant attribute of being human, but I > do not regard it as the "primary" reality because it is a relative function. > We are aware of value, and we are cognizant of the "things" that value > represents in a relational system. I distinguish awareness from Sensibility > (from which individuated awareness is derived), attributing the former to > the primary source (Essence). Hi Ham, Been awhile since we locked horns and I'm sure you're not of a mind to rehash old arguments. But, I can't help but take issue with your assertion that "consciousness (awareness) is a cognizant attribute of being human" since I'm convinced beyond a doubt that my cat, UTOE, is also aware and knowledgeable albeit not at the same level as you and I. Now, maybe you didn't exclude nonhumans in your statement, but that's how I read it. As for "sensibility," that too extends way down the biological chain to the lowliest virus. Finally, if you think of consciousness as I do as being everything there is then consciousness is not a "relative function" but simply awareness of awareness. As the physicist Erwin Schroedinger put it, "The external and consciousness are one and the same thing." Or, in the same vein, William James: "This paper (computer screen) and the seeing of it are two names for one indivisible fact." (Parens added). In other words, consciousness and reality are but two sides of the same coin. But, I could be wrong. Warm regards, Platt ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
