List,
"Thought"--a change in state which, when compared to itself, leaves all
variables counterbalanced except for "change" as an objective
phenomenon...this phenomenon-of-change, itself, is consciousness; it has the
objective qualities to determine any and all qualities of the multiple
states which named it--including self-reference through negation,
self-consciousness...a repeated manifestation of consciousness (which is not
*as* self-conscious as total self-reference) draws the self to view the
micro-phenomenon in an attempt include it in consciousness-of-self; thereby,
the thought occurs as the part is verified by the whole of consciousness.
This can occur as self discovers self by change and is not dependent on a
dependent arising. Thoughts as units of self-consciousness manifest the
self to the self using the self and are thereby self *confirming* and not
self-negating (which is to say that self-consciousness can be attributed to
the self becoming conscious and need not be determined through negation of
self-same and self-object as has been suggested by Hegel).
I would call this phenomenon the Ascendence of Spirit (and so "Thought"--the
ascendence of spirit)
Brett
ps...I like the above assessment that thought goes counter to entropy. The
above explanation also says thought is " the change in the organization of
matter and energy over time"
Returning,
rBERTS%n
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