Posted by sleepygirl on May 29, 2005, at 23:30:54
In reply to Re: Descartes and Delusions » sleepygirl, posted by alexandra_k on May 29, 2005, at 21:40:52
Hmm.
A embryo philosopher, maybe ;-)
(I think you get to be a baby with your PhD)So, I imagine you will be a student for a while? I like that idea.
Yay! And that is one of the main tasks in Philosophy of mind. To try and say how the objective, external, material, physical world of mind-independent experience relates to the subjective, internal, mental, conscious world of mind-dependent experience.
I once had to write an artist's statement, and it ended up being about me trying to work out in my mind the objective and subjective and where they meet. I can't clarify my thoughts on the matter, but art is external, material, and physical. However, it also invites from both the viewer and artist a subjective, internal, mental experience. My interest was in putting subjective experience into objective form (most art seeks to do this in someway). So it was fundamentally about communicating to other people, about relationships. When you consider the art of the schizophrenic you are faced with some interesting questions about subjectivity and objectivity. It tends not to invite identification (because it so often appears bizarre) because it is SO subjective-'mind dependent'. It requires a certain amount of surrender of logical, objective reality.
Sorry for the long-windedness.
Who's Jaspers?
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