the mind holding itself as object?
what does this mean?
how is it to be explicated
the subject transferring itself to object -
while maintaining subjectivity?
we understand the relation subject to object
where the two are ontologically distinct
i.e. - the object is outside of the subject
but what to make of the notion of an object
within subjectivity?
subjectivity as object?
what I have argued to date is that the defining
characteristic of the mind is reflectivity
reflection - is what the mind does - and thus -
for all intents and purposes - what it is
so what does this mean?
we begin with reflectivity
and by definition - reflectivity is a relational
operation
which at the first means - whatever the content
of reflectivity - we are always speaking of a
'relation between'
that which reflects - that which reflected on
'subject' and 'object' will do here
these are the 'relata' - of reflectivity
the posits -
OK to have posits
doesn't this suggest - something does the positing?
is this - separate to the positing?
i.e. - is reflectivity - mind - as I suggested?
or is reflectivity - the operation - the function
of mind?
is a distinction necessary?
on logical grounds - it seems so
unless we want to say - the mind posits itself
(as reflectivity)
the mind posits itself?
or is it that - yes - there is mind
and all we know is what it does?
if the former view - mind is essentially an unknown
out of which issues forth - reflectivity
the relational operation
if the latter -
if mind is just its operation -
we are left with nothing more to say - than
the mind - is what it does
i.e. - if you would like to know something more
fundamental -
there is nothing that can be said
there is nothing behind the appearance - i.e. -
the action of mind
beyond this action - mind does not know itself -
i.e. - there is nothing to know -
OK
back to the mind holding itself as object -
perhaps all awareness - just is self awareness
that there is no real sense to consciousness that
is not self-consciousness
and in that case there are just different kinds
of object
the object - outside
the object - inside -
or the inside as object
if so - then objectification - of the inside -
the outside -
mind or matter - is what mind does
and - of course to do this it must be able to reflect
so reflection is the fundamental here -
what it is - apart from its operation -
we cannot say
we can only reflect - on it
no escape
