If we replace ³conscious² with ³deliberate² then some of the confusion is
removed.
Yes, you have to be conscious to be deliberate.
As an undergraduate, I deliberately decided NOT to take notes in lectures.
Rather, I would pay close attention to what was being said. ( I would BE
in the context)
This way I just remembered the content of the lecture like Don says we
just remember our dinner date for this evening.
This worked very well for my humanities courses and my few dinner dates.
Yes, I can deliberately set out to remember my credit card PIN etc.
Otherwise, I spend NO time deliberately trying to lay down memories.
My mental hygienic tells me to not waste time with stuff that doesnıt just
stick.
This also means that I can contextualise a book.
For three years, while working on my PhD thesis, I searched for a concept
to fill out a model.
When the concept came to me, it came with examples from texts I had read
decades ago.
One was from Sartreıs Nausea.
I pulled the book from my shelves, and opened it to the exact page I
needed.
I had NOT looked at that text for over a decade.
When I first read Nausea, I engaged with the context of the text - that
is, the dynamic of the argument.
This is how I read philosophy. Like Socrates is in the room having a go at
me.
This is how I read poetry.
Jinan, maybe you can recognise this kind of memory?
keith
On 17/07/2016, 2:48 AM, "PhD-Design - This list is for discussion of PhD
studies and related research in Design on behalf of Jinan K B"
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>Dear Charles
>
>Looks like you havn't paid full attention to what i wrote. let me
>reproduce it below. I did not use the word 'consciousness' at all but
>just 'conscious'.
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