Re: Things to ponder
kammann david scott (kammads9@wfu.edu)
Tue, 13 Feb 1996 16:49:03 -0500 (EST)
1) I would have to agree with Mr. Eckert's response to this question
of someone "being out of their mind." First of all, and as Jon Epstein
stade in the original question, mind is action, and in that regard, it is
a verb. It would seem that this statement uses mind as a noun. However,
the real problem I have, is much like Mr. Eckert's response that this
would require a detachment from both outer experience and inner
intuition. Based upon my readings to this point by Charon, I have come
to define mind as continual action or perception, composed of both covert
and overt action (namely, interaction with one's self and interaction
with others). I attach these two components of mind to Mr. Eckert's
statements of outer experience and inner intuition. Basically, I regard
outer experience to be overt action (or interaction with others), and
inner intuition to be covert action (or interaction with one's self).
The key to understanding why a detachment from both (or "being totally
out of mind"), is that minded action is continual by definition, it is an
ongoing process of perception. Therefore, we can never truely be "out of
mind." Or at least from what I've come to understand about mind, I'd
have to agree with Mr. Eckert that it seems highly improbable. Dave K.