All of our experience is a hierarchy of abstractions, built from the lowest level of sensations, those coming from outside that hierarchy (whether outside our skin or not).
“Consciousness of abstraction”, btw, is a term of art with a specific meaning, coined by Korzybski. It’s googleable, although I didn’t see an individual web page specifically about the topic.
I see. Having now briefly read about Korzybski on some web pages, I’d venture to say that consciousness of abstraction is a very sophisticated way of organizing what you do and say when you’re not Looking.
Do you count your personal identity and history as abstractions?
All of our experience is a hierarchy of abstractions, built from the lowest level of sensations, those coming from outside that hierarchy (whether outside our skin or not).
“Consciousness of abstraction”, btw, is a term of art with a specific meaning, coined by Korzybski. It’s googleable, although I didn’t see an individual web page specifically about the topic.
I see. Having now briefly read about Korzybski on some web pages, I’d venture to say that consciousness of abstraction is a very sophisticated way of organizing what you do and say when you’re not Looking.