the knower faced with the unknown conceives
this relation of knower to unknown is fundamental and primitive
we can argue about what conception is
my point here is that conceiving is a primitive essential response of the knower
it is what the mind does
it is of its nature
and to conceive is the making of knowledge
again what this amounts to - is a question of knowledge
but I say whatever it is to make knowledge -
this is the natural act of mind
the world as given - in a primal state is the unknown
the object of knowledge of the mind - is the unknown
knowledge is the natural response of the knower
it is what we do
the knower is a space that is open to the world
the world reflects in this space
the knower reflects on this reflection
