[Wittrs] On the Experience of Self-Awareness
- From: Joseph Polanik <jpolanik@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: wittrsamr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2009 06:16:19 -0500
Cayuse wrote:
>Joseph Polanik wrote:
>>if, on the other hand, you are claiming that there is no experience of
>>self-awareness; then, would you kindly present your argument and/or
>>your evidence for your claim?
>Superficially, it seems that there is not only the experience of
>phenomena but also experience of the experiencer (being conceived as
>separate and distinct from experience). And now it seems that either
>there must be another experiencer who experiences the first experiencer
>(which leads us into an infinite regress known as the homunculus
>problem), or else experience must be reflexive by its very nature. But
>if experience were reflexive by its very nature then there would be
>constant experience of experience, and that is not the case -- the idea
>of experience arises only occasionally, just as is the case with other
>ideas. Consequently, not only is there no experiencer of experience (if
>we wish to avoid an infinite regress) but neither is experience
>reflexive.
you propose a false dichotomy in that you only consider the possibility
that there is an infinite regress of experiencers and the possibility
that experience must always be reflexive. however, there is at least one
other possibility: that awareness of experiencing while experiencing
comes and goes; meaning, that some experience is reflexive.
consequently, your argument fails.
Joe
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