From: mark maxwell (laughingpines@yahoo.co.uk)
Date: Tue Sep 06 2005 - 20:43:03 BST
Jos:
My developing view is that there are distinct types of
awareness that occur at each of the static levels.
1. Biological awareness that is animalian first
consciousness.
2. Cultural awareness which is the above described in
terms of language.
3. Intellectual awareness which is the act of
drawing rational comparisons between the linguistic
descriptions.
Mark:
Hi Jos, Spot on in my view.
Although we could add:
0: Inorganic awareness of matter and energy
relationships.
Jos:
So the "things" that are the intellectual static
patterns of values, are the comparisons themselves
which includes "feelings contrasted with
reason".
Level straddling is not necessitated by any of this,
each level always makes its patterns out of the
patterns of the levels beneath and in doing so
both subordinates and is reliant upon them.
I am not sure if this supports or attacks the SOL,
please take it as you see it.
Jos
Mark:
SOL goes flying out the window because one Social
pattern of value is the celebrity status of the social
animal. How can there be a celebrity status without a
you/me distinction?
Daft isn't it?
It's like trying to imagine what it would be like to
walk into a room and have absolutely no one look at
you.
Sartre built a whole ontology upon others looking at
you - the very act of someone looking at you confirms
the existence of beings other than ourselves. Even a
dog understands that, and at the biological level. Try
staring one down and see what happens (be careful -
not recommended for all breeds.)
Humans have a social level of linguistic counterparts
to this which are not, as you point out jos, "Level
straddling." And beyond that we have the Intellectual
level, twice removed from awareness of the other.
Mark
Blind Man’s Buff was a parlor game, a game that could
be played indoors on rainy days. It was popular at
birthday parties and tea parties. This is a good game
for four or more people.
To play Blind Man’s Buff, pick one person to be It.
That person is blindfolded and stands in the middle of
the room. The other players dart around It, who tries
to tag them. They try to get as close as possible to
It without being caught.
When the player who is It catches another player, he
tries to guess who it is by touching their face and
hair. If he doesn’t guess on the first try, other
players can give hints. When he guesses their name,
that person becomes the new It.
Mark:
Can also be attempted with Elephants.
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