Consider the many ways we humans have chosen to model (describe) what we are, i. e. the nature of being human. In future this post will feature readings and references comparing a few models. The diamond will be our metaphor as we peer into a few of its facets.
Sources for the concepts come from the likes of: René Descartes (1596-1650), William James (1842-1910), Owen Barfield (1898-1997), Jean Gebser (1905-1973), Julian Jaynes (1920-1997), Gerald Edelman (1927-) and Stewart Kauffman (1939-).
Can we conceive of what we are while being what we are? What does a self, mind or consciousness consider itself to be? What are the pitfalls of making the attempt?
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Readings The image below models a mind that is being looked into from different systems of thought such as those devised by the various thinkers above. Summaries of their ideas will be added in due course–accompanied by other aftermaths of thought. Stay tuned. |
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