continuing on with the idea of mind as relation -
consciousness - relates - to the world -
the external world - and to itself
that is the relation is 'di-mensional'(?)
an external relation
an internal relation
on this view consciousness - we can say is the focal point
that is consciousness in itself is the centre point
the pure point
which is explicated in its relations (?) external / internal
so the reflexivity of consciousness
is this a defining characteristic - the defining
characteristic - or an attribute of consciousness - of mind?
Janus - the looking - the seeing both ways - two faces
reflexivity - really a characterization of -
self-consciousness
it is the internal relation?
the thing as internally defined?
so do we have - self-consciousness - and consciousness of -
the other - the non-self - the world
the two dimensions of consciousness
consciousness in this sense - the centre - in a mathematical
sense - as the 'substanceless point' of the world -
perhaps the ideal point
it is clear
that - outside of this - there is no knowledge
and this is virtually analytically true
consciousness is knowledge
- beyond knowledge - the unknown -
and the great difficulty for epistemologists is
what can you say further on these matters?
we have self-consciousness
- consciousness of consciousness
consciousness of - the non-conscious - i.e. - the world -
and still we want to ask - what is it?
- we know it - experience it
- can distinguish it from the non-consciousness
beyond this?
we want to say it is something -
because it is -
but what?
it is just as if you can only say here
it is what it is -
and at the moment I find this line of inquiry -
the substantial theory of mind - tiresome
the idea of thinking of mind as relation -
(though I haven't quite got a handle on it yet)
has just the hint of liberation
