the mind on my analysis just simply is awareness
the body function
part of its function is this awareness
much of its function is not
awareness as a function of the body
the mind as a function of the body
if all is function
what is different - distinctive about this function of awareness?
what is distinctive is how it is known
it is not known via observation
it is known reflectively
it is not to be observed
it is not outside - of the outside world
it is internal - it is inside
an internal function - the internal function
function?
yes - let's say so
so - on such a view the mind and the body are distinguished - by how 'they' are known
I say functions
and how these functions are known
OK
not a question primarily of ontologies - but of epistemologies
ontologies follow
and in this case - dimensions - not substances
if you want to go there -
but the main point is that the mind and body are different ways of knowing -
now these different ways of knowing - are characteristics of the mind
how it functions -
so -
we have the mind primarily as a function of the body
a function that distinguishes mind and body -
via modes of knowing
the mind is aware
it recognizes -
what it is via reflection
what it is not via observation
the body is what is observed -
the mind is what is reflected -
what is observed - is reflected
