Sunday, September 13, 2009

Consciousness, Conscience, and Conscientiousness

'Consciousness', 'conscience', and 'conscientiousness' are etymologically similar words whose meanings have diverged, in common usage, to 'awareness of outer objects', 'the voice of Morality', and 'meticulousness', respectively. This divergence reflects a fragmentation in traditional Philosophical systems. In contrast, the Formaterial System unites them, as different aspects of Propriation: Consciousness is Reflective representation, Conscience, following Heidegger's Individualistic de-mystification, is its homeostatic ingredient, while Conscientiousness combines the other two, as can be best seen in an analysis of the Propriative aspect of Action. In the course of an Action, Consciousness monitors one's ongoing movements; Conscience is the reminder of what we are trying to accomplish, i. e. the Intention, as well as of what has been accomplished thus far; and Conscientiousness co-ordinates the two, connecting the latest datum with the preceding data, and comparing the synthesis with the original Intention. The traditional conception of 'Consciousness' as an incorporeal information-processor, leaves little room for entailing a function in Action, and, hence, for one of a constraint on the latter.

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