Dear Jinan,
Given my background, I find it difficult to go beyond a superficial understanding of what you wrote :
> Le 30 janv. 2017 à 17:11, Jinan K B <[log in to unmask]> a écrit :
>
> In this paradigm objectivity is obtained as a result of working with
> one's mind to remove the biases. Achieving selfless-ness was the
> primary qualification to seek knowledge.
>
> This is the process used by indian seers who set out to understand
> what is life? what is their role in life etc.....
>
> Here seeking truth was not an academic exercise but an existential
> enquiry for which one did everything possible no matter how long it
> takes..
For me, I see a set of concepts that I am unable to connect :
- Truth as an existential enquiry resonates well with my experience, so I take this as my starting point ;
- But I am unsure whether « seeking truth » aims at gaining knowledge ? Knowledge about what, and what for ? If I understand knowledge as the stepping into conciousness of how one relates to the non-self, am I somehow closer to what you are saying ?
- And I must admit that, as I stick to a rather narrow definition of objectivity (= a process that aims at wrapping an entity within a set of properties fit for a given purpose), I still disconnect objectivity from truth. So the « cognitive paradigm of seeing » aiming at getting away of biases doesn’t help me if objectivity is still the target we should be aiming at.
- so finally, what is the status of language ?
I am probably too much influenced by Goethe’s way of looking at the world.
All the best,
Jean Schneider
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