tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post2264223022506598973..comments2024-03-28T21:32:26.550+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Renaming Barfield's categories for the developmental-evolution of human consciousnessBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-56188770453105671572018-02-07T02:53:59.524+00:002018-02-07T02:53:59.524+00:00I have scheduled a time every morning to sit and c...I have scheduled a time every morning to sit and consciously "think". I'm probably not actively entering the state of Final/Agent Participation very consistently, but I am forcing myself to observe myself as a participant, with a mind and a body, and vigorously resisting losing the thinking for several minutes at a time. I do find it easier to be reflective in the evening---but that's one more reason to do it during the day, when it is hard and disruptive to the "busy processes" we otherwise mindlessly pursue.<br /><br />I call it "Three Minutes' Sanity".Nealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18187518844525711470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-61217093885409956482018-02-06T12:28:31.134+00:002018-02-06T12:28:31.134+00:00@CCL - Unlike Barfield - who regarded it as eviden...@CCL - Unlike Barfield - who regarded it as evidentially proveable (e.g. from changes in language); I regard the above developmental evolution of consciousness as metaphysics. <br /><br />(I also regard evolution by natural selection as metaphysics - indeed I am sure this is the case; having lived inside, and looked out-from, that metaphysical system for many years.)<br /><br />That is I *assume* the validity of the three-step evolution of consciousness (or *know* it directly and intuitively) - I do not derive it from evidence and reasoning, I do not attempt to argue that it 'must' be true. <br /><br />Therefore any examples I give are not proofs, but illustrations. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-19717138112494878242018-02-06T09:01:58.172+00:002018-02-06T09:01:58.172+00:00I have to say that I still cannot accede to the as...I have to say that I still cannot accede to the assertion that there is a general shift in the state of awareness of most humans with regard to these categories. It is true that, in a civilization, it is possible to have communities of people self-selected by their philosophical outlook. But this does not mean that there are proportionately more people with genuine philosophical inclinations than there are in a simpler social model, just that they are not isolated from each other and forced to deal primarily with the majority who are <i>not</i> philosophical.<br /><br />And of course, both the civilized and the primitive philosopher have to deal with sophists.Chiu ChunLinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03519192610708043962noreply@blogger.com