Mark Blasini

Thoughts & Outlooks

A conditionalist interpretation of consciousness

Definitions:

1. An event is any change in an object's mode of expression.
2. A code is a configuration of potential modes of expression.
3. To interpret (an event) is to configure (it) as a possible mode of expression within a code.
4. A trace is an event interpreted.
5. A function is any mode of expression configured within a code a priori to any traces.
6. To encode is to configure an event as a trace.
7. Information is the relationship between event and mode of expression encoded in a trace.
8. A realm is an expression of a code as the relationship of information between traces.
9. To situate (an event) is to interpret (it) within a realm.
10. A sign is the trace of a situation.
11. To translate (an event) is to situate (it) as another mode of interpretation.
12. A representation is the sign of a translation.
13. A genetic code is a code which, when expressed, conditions the expression of the object to whom the code belongs.
14. An organism is any object capable of interpretation by virtue of its genetic code.
15. A response is a (possible) mode of expression for an organism, as a whole.
16. An organism's reality is its code of responses.
17. To experience (for an organism) is to interpret as a response within (its) reality.
18. An impulse is any event for an organism to experience.
19. A receptor is a specialized configuration of an organism's genetic code that can interpret (or receive) events as impulses.
20. A stimulus is any event a receptor can receive.
21. An instinct is any function within an organism's reality.
22. A memory is the trace of an experience.
23. To learn (for an organism) is to encode an impulse as a memory.
24. Timing is the information learned within memory.
25. Rhythm is the realm of an organism's reality.
26. To sense (an impulse) is to situate (it) within a rhythm.
27. A feeling is the sign of a sensing.
28. To perceive is to translate as a mode of reception within an organism's rhythm.
29. A sensation is the representation of a perception.
30. An organism's world is its code of feelings (sensations).
31. To understand (an impulse) is to perceive (it) within an organism's world.
32. An emotion is any function within an organism's world.
33. A notion is the trace of an understanding.
34. To realize (for an organism) is to encode an impulse as a notion.
35. Meaning is the information realized within a notion.
36. Context is the realm of an organism's world.
37. To comprehend (an impulse) is to situate (it) within a context.
38. An intuition is the sign of a comprehension.
39. To suffer is to translate as a mode of reception within an organism's context.
40. A need is the representation of a suffering.
41. To imagine is to translate as a mode of perception within an organism's context.
42. A perspective is the representation of an imagination.
43. A mind is one's code of intuitions.
44. To conceive (of an impulse) is to imagine (it) within one's mind.
45. A disposition is any function within the mind.
46. A concept is the trace of a conception.
47. To abstract is to encode an impulse as a concept.
48. Association is the information abstracted within a concept.
49. Knowledge is the realm of the mind.
50. To recognize (an impulse) is to situate (it) within one's knowledge.
51. An apprehension is the sign of a recognition.
52. To assume is to translate as a mode of reception within one's knowledge.
53. A premise is the representation of an assumption.
54. To apperceive is to translate as a mode of perception within one's knowledge.
55. A schema is the representation of an apperception.
56. To consider is to translate as a mode of imagination within one's knowledge.
57. A judgment is the representation of a consideration.
58. A worldview is one's code of apprehensions.
59. To evaluate (an impulse) is to consider (it) within one's worldview.
60. A bias is any function within a worldview.
61. A decision is the trace of an evaluation.
62. To conclude is to encode an impulse as a decision.
63. Rationale is the information concluded within a decision.
64. Logic is the realm of a worldview.
65. To analyze (an impulse) is to situate (it) within one's logic.
66. An idea is the sign of an analysis.
67. To divine is to translate as a mode of reception within one's logic.
68. An inspiration is the representation of a divination.
69. To envision is to translate as a mode of perception within one's logic.
70. A vision is the representation of an envisioning.
71. To theorize is to translate as a mode of imagination within one's logic.
72. A hypothesis is the representation of a theorizing.
73. To critique is to translate as a mode of consideration within one's logic.
74. A philosophy is the representation of a critique.
75. One's conscience is one's code of ideas.
76. To choose (an impulse) is to critique (it) within one's conscience.
77. A prejudice is any function within one's conscience.
78. An act is the trace of a choice.
79. To commit is to encode an impulse as an act.
80. Character is the information committed within an act.
81. Morality is the realm of conscience.
82. To affirm (an impulse) is to situate (it) within one's morality.
83. A precept is the sign of an affirmation.
84. To care (for an impulse) is to translate as a mode of reception within one's morality.
85. A duty is the representation of a caring.
86. To model is to translate as a mode of perception within one's morality.
87. A exemplum is the representation of a model.
88. To dedicate oneself is to translate as a mode of imagination within one's morality.
89. A maxim is the representation of a dedication.
91. To apply is to translate as a mode of consideration within one's morality.
92. A rule is the representation of an application.
93. To adopt is to translate as a mode of critique within one's morality.
94. An ethics is the representation of an adoption.

1. Existence is conditional.
2. All beings strive to express themselves - to manifest the relationship between their underlying conditions.
3. What a being can express, it will express.

1. Encoding is part of interpreting.
2. Encoding involves a change in the respective realm.
3. A change in the respective realm implies a change in the respective code.
4. The stimulus is the source of change in an organism's reality.
5. An organism is an object capable of experiencing, and thus responding.
6. The only event an organism can experience is an impulse.
7. Every response expresses how an organism experiences a given impulse.
8. Every response expresses a learned memory.
9. An organism always experiences an impulse as an opportunity for self-expression.
10. What opportunities for self-expression an organism experiences depends on its reality.
11. An organism's reality is dependent on its genetic code.
12. An organism isn't simply an expression of its genetic code, but of what its genetic code conditions - i.e. its mode of interpretation.
13. How an organism experiences expresses its mode of interpretation.