consciousness describes
describes what is presented to it
and what is presented to it?
it describes itself - and the world -
the world outside itself
consciousness describes
'what is presented to consciousness - to 'itself''
is a description
'the world outside itself'
is a description
the terms of consciousness' descriptions are in the first place - substantial
consciousness describes itself as 'consciousness', 'mind' etc.
consciousness describes what it is not - 'the world' - 'matter', 'physical' etc.
these are descriptions
the essence of consciousness is description
a description must distinguish itself - from other descriptions
and of the object of description?
is it then independent of description?
and is this a reasonable question?
or is it rather that what is there - is so because it is described?
the description gives substance - is the substance
the act of describing
as the existential act?
conscious describes
what is described ultimately is the act(s) of consciousness
consciousness describes itself as in the world -
the world is a description necessary for consciousness
without the world-description consciousness could not distinguish itself
therefore
no primary description would be possible
for all description depends on distinction
and a primary - fundamental distinction is between the description and its object
consciousness projects an object in description
either itself or what it is not
and here we leave substance - for p or -p is essentially a distinction of logic
I describe
therefore
'I am' is a description
p.s.
what I am getting here is that description (however you 'describe' it) is the action of
consciousness
subjectivity and objectivity - idealism and materialism etc. - on this view are
categories of description
the essence of description itself - outside itself as it were - is unknown
cannot be described
there is no place outside of description - in a metaphysical sense
the argument is that the categories of internality and externality are in the first place
descriptions of the unknown
the unknown is fundamental -
its primary description is consciousness in the world
this is to focus on consciousness as act
and the act - every act - I would say - as ultimately a description
consciousness describes itself - describes description
this is where the illogical comes into play in human experience
it is its origin
the act of describing - underpinning the descriptive / conscious act is absurd
but only in terms of logic
in terms of need - need to defend against the unknown - the horror of it
a necessity
