so still a question
how to state - reflectivity in an epistemologically
and ontologically neutral way?
(or is this just not on?)
it is to say - or want to say - more than just that
'the mind is'
it is to say how it functions
which is?
xRx
or
x'Rx
therefore
x is contained in x'
therefore
x'
xR
x reflected
is what?
a statement
of a reflection
the fact of reflection
it is crucial to understand -
we cannot elucidate R
the reason -
for any elucidation - definition
is a reflection
in this sense
reflection
is primitive
I think this is true
also that it does not satisfy
but so be it -
the lack of satisfaction is no great surprise here
it is clearly - a characterization of reflection
perhaps
its reason
but my point here
is that reflection is not known
it - maybe the source of knowledge
but it cannot be known
(in the sense of explicated)
it is the ground of unknowing
p.s
we could perhaps take a happy approach to all this
and say
well reflecting is what we do
we know it in terms of its manifestations
which is our mental life and its creations
its activity
behaviourists might take this bait
