Monday, October 22, 2007

Chapter 7 Jonno - Myles - Daniel - Joe

The outer and the inner. Everything which is perceived by the mind comes from somewhere other than our mind. The mind processes the information internally and outputs a representation of that process. The environment imposes it self on us, on our capabilities of managing information and experience. The mind is a point situated in a background of relationships, events, moments that is then not copied onto the mind but subjectively constructed and constantly changing between states.

The representations one believes in being an absolute reflection of this "world" can be false. Since it seems as though the representations of that world which seems to be built upon one's experience and relationships are essentially reflections of one's self.

The Cartesian anxiety poses a search for a middle way between an objective ground and a subjective hypothesis. The varying states one oscillates through are fueled by our belief systems and our understanding of the outer world. The very introspection into the inner suggests a thread linking the subjective mind to the outer world.

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