what is an image?
that which is imagined?
it is an internal characterization of what is presented in consciousness
that is a reflection on the presentation of consciousness
a description
a description of a particular in the presentation
a making of a particular in presentation
a categorization
that is a way of organizing - what is given in consciousness
images
are not out there
that's clear
the question is though - are they in there?
are there such things as images?
Descartes and the Empiricists certainly talk as if this is so
I am suggesting there is no such thing per se
that an image is an idea
an organizing principle
this categorization - or the fact of categorization - I suggest is necessary
for though the world presents
what it presents is always a question
that is - in a primary sense we don't know
it is only on reflection that some light is shone
and reflection here is about how to handle - organize - operate - with what is presented
where do we get these notions from?
consciousness categorizes being
initial categorization is objective - object-like
consciousness objectifies
image is an internal description
its logic is based on the logic - the ontology of objectivism
what I see is a box
what I have is an image of the box
that notion of image is a theoretical characterization of the given
it is a stratagem employed to avoid the problem of not knowing -
- of speechlessness
image talk is thus meta talk
