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                 %OBJECTIVE THEORY OF CONSCIOUSNESS 860805

     Consciousness may focus upon objects,  other persons,
past  events,  possible future events,   desires,   fears,
hopes, regrets, feelings, emotions,  values, ideals,  etc.
There  are various  levels  of  consciousness  and various
conceptions of what  constitutes proper consciousness  and
consequent behavior.

     One    theory    of   consciousness   insists    that
consciousness be focused only upon sensory perceptions  of
the   behaviors  of  others,   not  upon   a   sympathetic
understanding  of  the consciousness of others.   How  can
people   who   believe  in  this  theory  have  a   mutual
sympathetic understanding of each other's consciousness of
the theory?

     Some people believe that the only ultimate  realities
are unconscious,  and that humans can be conscious of them
in objective ways which are free from presumptive  biases.
Such  people tend not to be in  dialogue with others about
differences   in  their  presuppositions,   because   such
dialogue   might  help  them  become  conscious  of  other
realities  about which they have  been   ignorant.    They
prefer  to  be unconscious,   as objects  are,   of  their
presuppositions  about consciousness;   and prefer  to  be
unconscious  of  each  others'   consciousness,  and  each
other's presuppositions about consciousness.  In this they
are  somewhat like objects which  they  admire  for  their
unconscious simplicity of inter-relationships.

     People  who are committed to  an  objective theory of
consciousness are not behaving objectively.    Commitments
are  not  objective  actions.    An  objective  theory  of
consciousness  is not an objective reality,   its  reality
depends upon the participation as believers the theory has
no reality,  no power to  affect objective processes,  nor
power to affect human consciousness.

     Any theory of consciousness which merits respect will
have integrity  and  promote  both  personal and corporate
integrity.   It certainly will  not  contradict itself  or
undermine self-consciousness or communal-consciousness.  A
theory  which disintegrates that which is the focus of its
attention does not merit respect!

                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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