awareness is awareness of
I say the outside world -
(outside that is of consciousness)
and consciousness is aware of itself
therefore the inside world -
one point -
we are not aware of the relationship between consciousness and the external world
if I am right here it is worth some thought
we are - I am saying simply aware of - the objects of consciousness - internal
and external
the question of the relation emerges post event
in response to the reflective separating out and - or division of awareness
into dimensions and the question of their unity - how can different realities
(mind and matter) interact?
I say they are not different substances - so it is not a question of how does
one substance of a particular nature - relate to - connect to another - of a different nature
fair enough question - if the issue is substance
what we know is that mind is inside matter
a dimension of matter?
or matter is the outside of mind - a dimension of mind?
the whole - here the conscious human being - is not one dimension or the other -
the human being - the entity as a whole is unknown - non-classifiable -
except in the dimensions of its unity
the dimensions - or dimensional definition is not a substantial issue -
rather it is logical - formal
x has an inside and an outside -
we call the inside consciousness - the outside matter
so on this view - it does not make sense to speak of the inside of anything interacting with the outside
the entity as a unity - a singularity - acts
we begin here
any division into - mental and physical
is analytical - and hence theoretical - reflective - removed from the realm of action -
and why go there?
for good reasons - practical reasons
given some of the difficulties we face as human beings
so I am saying human action is ontologically singular
we are aware of what we do
we reflect on this
but this after the act
reflecting on the relation between the internal and external will tell us what?
that the internal is inside - the external is outside
won't tell us much
if we are looking for a causal connection - one way or the other -
what we are asking for is - what we are presuming is that -
the inside causes the outside - the outside causes the inside
the inside an effect -
the outside an effect -
a misapplication - use of the idea - the category of cause
put simply - cause and effect is a surface category
tempting yes to say everything has a cause
the point is you have to choose your cause
not everything is related to everything else in terms of cause and effect
the inside does not cause the outside - or visa versa - of anything -
