Dogs probably are not conscious of their own
excistence...
Do you have an opinion on that?
Dreaming...
It seems to me that my dreams have connections with different
aspects
of me... They can be about processing technical solutions in
my profession.
They can
reveal aspects of relations between people.
They can be in touch with what might be called "deep levels".
Or they might have a trivial ring to them...
To the extent dreams
are "about something",
there needs to be an
observer or participant in the
dreamscenario that reflects over the
reality
of the dream - someone or something
conscious.
The "about something"-concept is tricky!
The dreamer (the subject experiencing the dream) could for example
reflect on something in the dream. The person who dreamt might
reflect on the
dream after wake up, and come to the conclusion that
the reflexion in the
dream was about something the dreamer (the
awake subject)
was
unaware of...
Also
the "about something"-concept seems to be more of a post-
construct
that occurs when retrieving and analysing what's left in
memory after wake up.
I have had dreams about dreaming, but mostly the dreamer doesn't
reflect
over the dream itself during the process of dreaming. In the
moment of dreaming I'm
not conscious about the dream but rather
experiencing the reality of the dream.
If I eat watermelon in a dream or awake, there most probably is a
difference in consequences to the contents of my stomach. However,
in both cases the watermelon can be experienced without reflexion in
a direct fashion.
In that case neither the melon
nor the experiencing
is "about" anything in "real-time".
Consciousness can be about something.
It is also a state of mind or
a connection to aspects of reality...
It also has intensity and scope...
Consciousness and langauge...
Could my consciousness
be blured by my eagerness to interpretate
everything using language
and categories..?
Does consciousness need language?
Does language need consciousness?
No knowledge without consciousness?
Does the spider know how to make the net?
And then we have the small subject of collective consciousness ...
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