I argue that to conceive is to delineate
so you always conceive within a domain
a logical domain
the question
can you therefore conceive of God?
of the totality?
this it would seem is to conceive the domain
in which all conception takes place
don't we do just this?
yet if we do -
given the above theory of conception
how do we do it?
that is if conception is always within domain
what domain is everything - the totality in?
- it seems none
so
is this account of conception wrong?
perhaps we don't always conceive within?
so the conception of everything?
the totality
do we conceive it or only imagine we do?
it's hard to say we don't
still at the same time - the idea that to conceive is to delineate seems dead on -
the two can't be right
one is up the creek
the totality - is really the idea of possibility
everything that is possible is the totality?
also - everything that is -
that does exist
it is the logic of the universal
all
can we conceive all?
we think we can
but isn't it really -
a negative conception?
x exists
~x - that which is not x
so
we conceive all
only the negative of an existential
so
all - is here
that which is not x
x and ~x is?
everything?
(strange logic)
and the point is - isn't it that everything cannot be defined
it must be an open concept
(for otherwise there would be something on the outside of everything)
and as such a negative concept -
this is to say - a positive concept - is a closed concept
it is an existential concept
so
do we conceive - everything - all - the totality?
is to ask
do we conceive negatively - that which is not?
in this case that which is not x
it is to conceive domain isn't it?
and the conception of domain is negative
or that which is outside of the domain is negative
so
a conception posits domain - and its negative
can everything be conceived?
that is can the negative of the domain be conceived?
that is - not everything?
the domain within which everything is
and what is outside of this domain
can you conceive nothing?
not everything?
no I don't think so - you can only conceive positively -
what exists
so what of conceiving everything?
everything
is the domain of the existential
x exists
the domain of x -
is that which exists
is existence
is it a conception or an assumption?
an assumption necessary for conception?
yes I think so
and so
how do we regard this assumption?
is it like a meta conception -
necessary to conceive anything at all?
perhaps
it is in logical terms - the conception of domain
can the assumption be - then -
that which is conceived
I think not -
but this is why - it appears as if it can be a positive conception
because it is always the necessary -
assumption of conception
we easily think that it is - a valid conception
it is not what is being conceived -
it is the ground of conception
and then the argument could be
that to conceive requires an assumption of domain
if domain - is to be conceived -
it must have - such an assumption
but it is the assumption
how is it to function as assumption - to itself?
how can it be what is assumed -
and what rests on the assumption?
therefore
domain is - strictly speaking - not conceived
to conceive everything is to mistake - assumption - for that which rests on the
assumption
this is to say you do not conceive everything - the totality
you conceive - on this assumption
