knowledge is reflection
theory of knowledge - reflection on knowledge
reflection on reflection is what?
consciousness recognizing itself
and in this recognition knowing the end of reflection
that the end of reflection just is reflection
that there is no analysis beyond this
reflection is reflection
that this is consciousness
consciousness knowing consciousness
and this reflection is - what?
how will we describe it?
it is the assertion - the statement of the fact
of the essence of consciousness
that consciousness is reflection
the unity of consciousness
what to call this meta reflection?
that reveals consciousness - that is consciousness
that the revelation is the essence
the essence the revelation?
perhaps
the transcendental reflection
it is that reflection which states the ground of
reflection
the ground of knowledge
and the act of reflection
this is the nature of it
and as such it is internal - in a meta sense
it is not a surface act an outside act -
as in observable
it is an act of mind
what I am also saying is that mind just is this
if we can call mind anything - it is an act
so the idea of mind as substance or thing -
is not metaphysically sensible -
at best it is an imaginative - poetic notion
mind as reflection is fundamental
reflection in this sense is the logical foundation -
definition of mind -
you can't go any further with this analysis
so why do we - or at least I - ask this question?
habit - metaphysical habit perhaps
or is it just that the nature of reflection is to ask -
to reflect?
to come to the end of it - in this sense seems strange
but it is more than this - there is a sense in which
reflection points to something more fundamental -
points beyond itself
beyond reflection - in the strict sense of beyond -
is the unknown
and this is just really to put everything in perspective
it is to make the point that the object of reflection -
that which reflection addresses
that which is its focus - is the unknown
the first reflection in a metaphysical sense
reveals the unknown
