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Should there be a subject?
Is there a difference between observing an external object and the internal one called the subject?
Is it here that Western philosophy fails?
Another person’s object can be a subject, and vice versa. By label of subject have we not created a subject-centric of the world when really there is no central view?
I can sympathise with OOO for this reason. But at the same time with sense as the only access to the world, we have no choice but to have a central view.
There is no (inside) joke.
It is not
I think therefore I am,
but rather,
I think I am, therefore I am.
The difference is one of illusion.
Loss of the ability to maintain awareness of self and environment combined with markedly reduced responsiveness to environmental stimuli. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp344-5).
Source: https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov/#/record/ui?ui=D014474
The question, then, is whether activity (perception) occurs in the mind (brain) during unconsciousness. Can or does perception continue? Do we interact with the mind-objects, the concepts we have acknowledged (gained knowledge of) even after the sensation of space-objects is shut off?
A: All I know is I am screwed.
Q: How many object-oriented ontologists does it take to change a light bulb?
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“God is a metaphor,” I said.
“Is that with a capital ‘G’ or a lowercase ‘g’?” my friend asked.
“You know I only throw stones at Christians (I had meant ‘to Christians’).”
(I am really just playing catchball with stones, you know. The Other(s) always think I am attacking them.)
my two windows
face one direction
i am a penthouse
on legs
lame as it may be
(travelling the world
and the seven seas)
seeing only
what i want to see
and no more
Institution (or social institution) – a “structure” which simultaneously uses and is used by individuals and social groups. Well known and often studied institutions are culture, society, religion, science, philosophy, art, literature, music, language, politics and government, economy and business, family and the individual.
God is a metaphor.
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