Living in Two Worlds - Six basics of my knowledge theory
Fig 1: Six bascis claims of LTW
- SOCIETY &
COGNITION - For better understanding each other we need to better understand the
human mind and its main function: knowing (cognition).
- MATTER & FORMS - Knowing
has two main components: matter and forms (as Aristotle suggested). But we do not
separate forms from matter. Instead, we add to matter the forms that we create
(mental constructs).
- DEFINITE THINGS
- Matter
becomes a definite thing by means of forms: since I am the creator of the form,
the definite thing is always a thing-for-me.
- FORMS & THINGS - The form, which is the essence of a
definite thing (Aristotle), is not there in matter ready to be separated from
it and to be taken: instead, it is a creation of the mind.
- TWO WORLDS: NATURE & EXPERIENCE - If matter becomes a definite thing by
means of my forms, then I live in two worlds: the world of matter (nature) and
the world of my forms (my experience). And similarly, for each of us.
- INSUFFICIENT
AWARENESS
- We
do not notice that we live in two worlds because we are not sufficiently aware
of what the mind does when it knows.
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