http://cargocollective.com Counterform by day Mon, 09 May 2011 15:28:20 +0000 http://cargocollective.com en http://cargocollective.com/counterform-byday/If-you-show-me-yours http://cargocollective.com/counterform-byday/following/counterform-byday/If-you-show-me-yours Mon, 09 May 2011 15:28:20 +0000 Counterform by day 52131 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/4956/52131/3724592359_db60a12ff8_b.jpg" width="905" height="676" width_o="1024" height_o="766" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/4956/52131/3724592359_db60a12ff8_b_o.jpg" data-mid="221072" border="0" align="left"/> http://cargocollective.com/counterform-byday/Primordial-soup http://cargocollective.com/counterform-byday/following/counterform-byday/Primordial-soup Mon, 09 May 2011 15:28:20 +0000 Counterform by day 52130 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/4956/52130/3650973101_c34ea2b78d_o.jpg" width="905" height="678" width_o="1000" height_o="750" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/4956/52130/3650973101_c34ea2b78d_o_o.jpg" data-mid="221071" border="0" align="left"/> http://cargocollective.com/counterform-byday/Abiogenesis-alert http://cargocollective.com/counterform-byday/following/counterform-byday/Abiogenesis-alert Mon, 09 May 2011 15:28:19 +0000 Counterform by day 52128 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/4956/52128/3252754572_9f91acfaef_b.jpg" width="905" height="678" width_o="1024" height_o="768" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/4956/52128/3252754572_9f91acfaef_b_o.jpg" data-mid="221068" border="0" align="left"/> http://cargocollective.com/counterform-byday/Non-stop-gradient http://cargocollective.com/counterform-byday/following/counterform-byday/Non-stop-gradient Mon, 09 May 2011 15:28:17 +0000 Counterform by day 52121 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/4956/52121/674088729_8be98a48a0_b.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1024" height_o="683" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/4956/52121/674088729_8be98a48a0_b_o.jpg" data-mid="221048" border="0" align="left"/> The cardinal principle of phenomenology, the term intentionality originated with the Scholastics in the medieval period and was resurrected by Brentano who in turn influenced Husserl’s conception of phenomenology, who refined the term and made it the cornerstone of his theory of consciousness. The meaning of the term is complex and depends entirely on how it is conceived by a given philosopher. The term should not be confused with “intention” or the psychoanalytic conception of unconscious “motive” or “gain.” The cardinal principle of phenomenology, the term intentionality originated with the Scholastics in the medieval period and was resurrected by Brentano who in... http://cargocollective.com/counterform-byday/Miller-Urey-experiment http://cargocollective.com/counterform-byday/following/counterform-byday/Miller-Urey-experiment Mon, 09 May 2011 15:28:16 +0000 Counterform by day 52133 Whether this something that consciousness is about is in direct perception or in fantasy is inconsequential to the concept of intentionality itself; <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/4956/52133/3376158191_71003e9f4b_b.jpg" width="905" height="678" width_o="1024" height_o="768" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/4956/52133/3376158191_71003e9f4b_b_o.jpg" data-mid="221074" border="0" align="left"/> whatever consciousness is directed at, that is what consciousness is consciousness of. This means that the object of consciousness doesn't have to be a physical object apprehended in perception: it can just as well be a fantasy or a memory. Consequently, these "structures" of consciousness, i.e., perception, memory, fantasy, etc., are called intentionalities. Whether this something that consciousness is about is in direct perception or in fantasy is inconsequential to the concept of intentionality itself; whatever... http://cargocollective.com/counterform-byday/Elementary-elements http://cargocollective.com/counterform-byday/following/counterform-byday/Elementary-elements Mon, 09 May 2011 15:28:16 +0000 Counterform by day 52119 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/4956/52119/3501341989_2fe8860025_o.jpg" width="905" height="678" width_o="1000" height_o="750" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/4956/52119/3501341989_2fe8860025_o_o.jpg" data-mid="221040" border="0" align="left"/> Intentionality refers to the notion that consciousness is always consciousness of something. The word itself should not be confused with the "ordinary" use of the word intentional, but should rather be taken as playing on the etymological roots of the word. Originally, intention referred to a "stretching out" ("in tension," lat. intendere), and in this context it refers to consciousness "stretching out" towards its object. Intentionality is often summed up as "aboutness." <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/4956/52119/2620569371_bc512aedde.jpg" width="500" height="333" width_o="500" height_o="333" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/4956/52119/2620569371_bc512aedde_o.jpg" data-mid="383617" border="0" align="left"/> Intentionality refers to the notion that consciousness is always consciousness of something. The word itself should not be confused with the \"ordinary\" use of... http://cargocollective.com/counterform-byday/Self-similarity http://cargocollective.com/counterform-byday/following/counterform-byday/Self-similarity Mon, 09 May 2011 15:28:15 +0000 Counterform by day 52125 Though many of the phenomenological methods involve various reductions, phenomenology is essentially anti-reductionistic; the reductions are mere tools to better understand and describe the workings of consciousness, not to reduce any phenomenon to these descriptions. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/4956/52125/2275104302_c72436b26d_b.jpg" width="905" height="678" width_o="1024" height_o="768" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/4956/52125/2275104302_c72436b26d_b_o.jpg" data-mid="221053" border="0" align="left"/> In other words, when a reference is made to a thing's essence or idea, or when one details the constitution of an identical coherent thing by describing what one "really" sees as being only these sides and aspects, these surfaces, it does not mean that the thing is only and exclusively what is described here: The ultimate goal of these reductions is to understand how these different aspects are constituted into the actual thing as experienced by the person experiencing it. Phenomenology is a direct reaction to the psychologism and physicalism of Husserl's time. Though many of the phenomenological methods involve various reductions, phenomenology is essentially anti-reductionistic; the reductions are mere tools to better... http://cargocollective.com/counterform-byday/Participatory-surrealism http://cargocollective.com/counterform-byday/following/counterform-byday/Participatory-surrealism Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:59:36 +0000 Counterform by day 52132 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/4956/52132/3725432958_67239cb627_b.jpg" width="905" height="586" width_o="1024" height_o="664" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/4956/52132/3725432958_67239cb627_b_o.jpg" data-mid="221073" border="0" align="left"/> The reason for this reversal is that, for Hegel, the separation between consciousness and its object is no more real than consciousness' inadequate knowledge of that object. The knowledge is inadequate only because of that separation. At the end of the process, when the object has been fully "spiritualized" by successive cycles of consciousness' experience, consciousness will fully know the object and at the same time fully recognize that the object is none other than itself. At each stage of development, Hegel, adds, "we" (Hegel and his readers) see this development of the new object out of the knowledge of the previous one, but the consciousness that we are observing does not. As far as it is concerned, it experiences the dissolution of its knowledge in a mass of contradictions, and the emergence of a new object for knowledge, without understanding how that new object has been born. The reason for this reversal is that, for Hegel, the separation between consciousness and its object is no more real than consciousness\' inadequate knowledge of... http://cargocollective.com/counterform-byday/Portrait-of-a-fungus http://cargocollective.com/counterform-byday/following/counterform-byday/Portrait-of-a-fungus Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:51:10 +0000 Counterform by day 52129 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/4956/52129/2438620996_cbb0da7291_b.jpg" width="905" height="904" width_o="1024" height_o="1024" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/4956/52129/2438620996_cbb0da7291_b_o.jpg" data-mid="221069" border="0" align="left"/> In the Introduction, Hegel addresses the seeming paradox that we cannot evaluate our faculty of knowledge in terms of its ability to know the Absolute without first having a criterion for what the Absolute is, one that is superior to our knowledge of the Absolute. Yet, we could only have such a criterion if we already had the improved knowledge that we seek. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/4956/52129/3216779673_458be0c60b.jpg" width="500" height="375" width_o="500" height_o="375" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/4956/52129/3216779673_458be0c60b_o.jpg" data-mid="383538" border="0" align="left"/> To resolve this paradox, Hegel adopts a method whereby the knowing that is characteristic of a particular stage of consciousness is evaluated using the criterion presupposed by consciousness itself. At each stage, consciousness knows something, and at the same time distinguishes the object of that knowledge as different from what it knows. Hegel and his readers will simply "look on" while consciousness compares its actual knowledge of the object --what the object is "for consciousness" -- with its criterion for what the object must be "in itself". One would expect that, when consciousness finds that its knowledge does not agree with its object, consciousness would adjust its knowledge to conform to its object. However, in a characteristic reversal, Hegel explains that under his method, the opposite occurs. In the Introduction, Hegel addresses the seeming paradox that we cannot evaluate our faculty of knowledge in terms of its ability to know the Absolute without... http://cargocollective.com/counterform-byday/Eye-of-the-Eagle http://cargocollective.com/counterform-byday/following/counterform-byday/Eye-of-the-Eagle Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:47:30 +0000 Counterform by day 52126 Nunc sit amet turpis nulla. Nulla facilisi. Curabitur adipiscing, tortor at aliquet vehicula, leo purus eleifend nibh, at fringilla metus dui nec elit. Etiam dui lacus, ultricies sit amet mollis et, scelerisque id tellus. Praesent rutrum nibh id arcu condimentum non blandit nisl porta. Aenean sit amet nibh libero. Ut quis odio at lorem sollicitudin viverra. Vestibulum ultricies pulvinar metus, commodo convallis massa ornare et. Fusce bibendum eros ut felis vestibulum consequat. Curabitur tempus dignissim velit sed consectetur. Maecenas viverra fermentum justo vel mattis. Sed porttitor varius tempor. Donec ac viverra leo. Nam ac nulla lorem. Vestibulum et libero mi. Sed rhoncus, arcu vestibulum lobortis dictum, mi enim malesuada nunc, at sollicitudin nunc ligula et dolor. Aliquam ornare orci erat, sed faucibus est. Morbi accumsan turpis ac tortor lacinia imperdiet. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/4956/52126/2857781478_683cb60494_b.jpg" width="905" height="678" width_o="1024" height_o="768" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/4956/52126/2857781478_683cb60494_b_o.jpg" data-mid="221060" border="0" align="left"/> Nunc sit amet turpis nulla. Nulla facilisi. Curabitur adipiscing, tortor at aliquet vehicula, leo purus eleifend nibh, at fringilla metus dui nec elit. Etiam dui...