I have argued that the human being as such is not to be described as either
mental or physical -
that these predicates are analytical
which is to say human events - human actions - in a holistic sense are without
definition
the human being as such is an unknown
analysis - or breakdown begins with categorization
how to relate consciousness and the material world
the realist answer here is that consciousness is an internal dimension of the entity
that physicality is (relative to consciousness) the outside or surface dimension
what can we know of the relation between the two?
only this - that the entity is two dimensional
that the whole has an inside and outside
not all entities are two dimensional - on the face of it
most of nature is just surface
consciousness - internality - is exceptional
consciousness is the appearance of internality in the world
how does the internal effect the external?
how does mind effect matter?
(or visa versa)
my view is that this is the wrong question
that cause and effect analysis is a one dimensional issue
that is that such applies to relations on the surface
that it makes no sense to speak of such between dimensions
it is true that we can analyze our actions - or events as such
but this is analysis - explanation
and the point of this - is not the discovery of some hidden dynamic
rather a means of organizing our actions - and stratagems for action
the idea of this is thus finally to the service of pragmatics
in a final sense we have no explanation for human events
but in practice we act as if we do
