All of our experience is a hierarchy of abstractions, built from the lowest level of sensations, those coming from outside that hierarchy (whether outside our skin or not).
“Consciousness of abstraction”, btw, is a term of art with a specific meaning, coined by Korzybski. It’s googleable, although I didn’t see an individual web page specifically about the topic.
I see. Having now briefly read about Korzybski on some web pages, I’d venture to say that consciousness of abstraction is a very sophisticated way of organizing what you do and say when you’re not Looking.
I’ll be looking forward to your next post, but meanwhile, is this something different from consciousness of abstraction?
Do you count your personal identity and history as abstractions?
All of our experience is a hierarchy of abstractions, built from the lowest level of sensations, those coming from outside that hierarchy (whether outside our skin or not).
“Consciousness of abstraction”, btw, is a term of art with a specific meaning, coined by Korzybski. It’s googleable, although I didn’t see an individual web page specifically about the topic.
I see. Having now briefly read about Korzybski on some web pages, I’d venture to say that consciousness of abstraction is a very sophisticated way of organizing what you do and say when you’re not Looking.