[MD] confused

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting Ham Priday <hampday1 at verizon.net>:

> I use Sensibility as an all-encompassing term for non-subjective (i.e.,
> non-proprietary) awareness.  This would apply to pre-conscious,
> pre-intellectual organisms, the perception of Value (psychosomatic feelings)
> by man, as well as the sentience of any supra-natural source (e.g., Essence,
> DQ, deity).

I see your "sensibility" and Pirsig's "experience" as synonyms.

> I reserve Awareness for the conscious apprehension of creatures with brain
> stems.  (In the case of human beings, who possess self-awareness, I use the
> term "proprietary awareness".)

I see "awareness" the same as "sensibility" and "experience." I don't know
what the brain stem has to do with anything.

> Intellect, and its verb-form "intellection", is restricted to human
> cognizance of ideas, precepts, and relational constructs of objective
> reality.

Also human "concepts."
 
> I avoid Mind altogether, as it suggests an extra-corporeal or collective
> realm of intelligence (which I reject), and because it is too often confused
> with the brain [hence the asterisk in the Thesaurus listing] and the general
> thought process.  Mind is simply too ambiguous a term to be meaningful in
> epistemological discussions, as can be seen from Marsha's cryptic
> definition: "a constellation of patterns of quality."

What about "consciousness?"

Your effort to come to agreement on terms is necessary for any serious discussion.
I've tried in the past but have yet to succeed. Seems people fall in love with
their own word meanings and find it hard to give them up. At least most agree
on what "naked" means. :-)

Regards,
Platt
 

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