AndrewSternberg Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 My understanding (now ) is that an axiomatic concept is one that depends on no others. Thus existence (as a concept) is axiomatic, while consciousness and identity depend on it. "In order to be conscious you must be conscious of SOMETHING, a consciousness conscious of nothing but itself is a contradiction in terms." Likewise, "If a SOMETHING exists, then it must EXIST." ... I wonder how this relates to the Primacy of Existence. It might be useful re-read the section in OPAR about the it while keeping the above in mind with the hopes of integrating the two topics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMeganSnow Posted February 20, 2005 Report Share Posted February 20, 2005 And although I hesitate to talk about volition on the preconceptual level--because the subject isn't aware of it in those terms--even a preconceptual infant has the power to look around or not look, to listen or not listen. He has a certain minimal, primitive form of volition over the function of his senses. But volition in the full sense of a conscious choice, and a choice which he can observe by introspection, begins when he forms concepts--at the stage where he has sufficient conceptual vocabulary to begin to form sentences and draw conclusions . . . I just read that today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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