active draft. a technical sketch. general, before special —alignment, before distraction

the paradox of the philosophical understandings of mind v.1

and consciousness

framing

  1. Mind is not well explained, nor defined
    1. Consciousness has no good explanation
  2. Historically, attempts to explain mind, and consciousness, fall within three distinct philosophical genres:
    1. Sciences ^[ Thinking about thinking – methodical, objective – rational, mutable understanding ]
    2. Experiential practices –e.g. Meditation ^[ Thinking about not-thinking – methodical, perceptive – immutable understanding ]
    3. Religions ^[ Not-thinking about thinking – rote – immutable understanding ]

the paradox

  1. Three distinct philosophical approaches to understanding mind:
    1. Each claim the same mind
    2. Each individually incoherent
      1. Incomplete, unaligned, causal architecture, anomalous
      2. Isolated aspect, incomprehensive phenomenal coverage
    3. All together, are collectively incoherent
      1. Incompatible principles, methodology, causality
      2. Incommensurable primitives, no common measure
  2. Nevertheless, each philosophical approach helps many people, throughout life
    1. And many people are helped by more than one
      1. Even simultaneously

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