I think, therefore I am.
Now, that we made the first step to getting that right, let's properly separate the two phenomena:
- I, therefore self.
- Thought, therefore cognition.
I conjecture that self and thought are independent of and parallel to each other, and we should recognize them as such. It is only like this that we can truly understand cognition and sentience.
Dear, Mr. Tortoise, if you are saying that self and thought are independent of each other, you have most likely lost your mind :) Because apart from the thoughts and the views of the world that one has obtained, there is nothing else to define him as a separate unit and differentiate him from the rest. After all, no one else perceives existence the way you do. The information you perceive and they way you perceive it is entirely dependent on your inner self. Everyone lives in their own independent reality. Or a wooden table will not mean the same it means to me. Cheers! :)
ReplyDeleteDo bacteria have selves? Do they have thoughts?
ReplyDeleteWhat defines a "self"? It is but the realization of an entity you perceive as yourself. But "realization" need not be a conscious one! Oh no, babies realize they exist, have hands, feet, can wave them in symmetry, etc. much before they have formed concepts of the world (such as a "wooden table").
I think in your comment, when you say "self" you actually confuse it with "conscious self" - which is the self in the form of a concept, which is indeed the thought of a self. And it is indeed there that your argument holds.
Thank you for writing the first comment in this blog :)