[Ham] > 'being' and 'becoming' are defined by most dictionaries as "the state or > quality of having or coming into existence."
It would be clearer to say: 'being' is defined as "the state or quality of having existence" & 'becoming' is defined as "the state or quality of coming into existence." [Ham] > That makes it fundamental by definition. These definitions don't say anything as to what is fundamental. [Ham] > "Awareness" is defined as the realization, perception, or apprehension of > what we know. CAUTION: defining 'awareness' in terms knowledge (so that knowledge is more fundamental than/prior to awareness) may have unwanted consequences. [Ham] > we know that being exists only because we are aware of it See, how quickly you've reversed the priority. [Ham, reconstructed] > 1) we know that being exists only because we are aware of it > 2) whatever knows that being exists only because it is aware of it, > is fundamentally a being-aware. > 3) :. each cognizant individual is fundamentally a being-aware. You have provided no support for 2). [Ham] > being in existence takes the form of a sensible (cognizant, > knowing) agent or entity who becomes aware of being, the locus of which is > his/her self and its knowledge of a diversity of other beings. At this point you've stopped defining/analyzing & just resort to assertion. [Ham] > fundamentally Existence = Being-Aware. So everything that exists is aware (rocks, plants, the color green, democracy, etc.) Craig 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/
