on Spinoza's view the mind is both perceiver
and perception?
we perceive mind as an attribute of substance
we perceive with mind
now if all that is being asserted here is that
mind exists - OK
the thing is what kind of perception is this?
we can say that the mind is aware of itself -
but does it perceive itself?
how can the subject be its own object?
this of course is the problem of consciousness
still it's worth asking this kind of question
the mind's awareness of itself is
awareness of itself as subject
this it seems is contained in the concept of awareness
awareness here it seems cannot be further analyzed
mind is this
so
so does it make any sense to speak of mind as aware
of itself
awareness aware of awareness
is what -
awareness
so - an argument that
logically speaking
the mind - is not an object of awareness
whatever is the object of - awareness -
is outside the mind
so - the dichotomy - mind / matter
(matter as - whatever is outside)
and as to the nature of it all
we know mind
we know matter
and you could take an expressionist-metaphysical
line and say
mind and matter are expressions of -
the totality -
but as to the totality
we can't assume anything
we can talk about what we know
and beyond that (if there is a 'beyond that') -
is what we don't know -
clear cut
