Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Perception, Difference, Will

Leibniz' distinction of "minute" from "noticeable" perception is one of degree, not of kind.  Thus, the distinction of kind that he draws between the corresponding "unconscious" and "conscious" perception is problematic, if not inconsistent.  Likewise, the assumption of the latter distinction in contemporary Psychology uncritically ignores the former, potentially undermining the Id-Ego disjunction, for example.  Now, Kant's concept of 'absolute largeness' also conflates the two distinctions, i. e. Totality differs from the Indefinitely Large in both kind and degree.  In contrast, the Will that applies that concept of Totality to conduct is Superliminal, or what he calls Sublime, i. e. is an experiential factor that is, with respect to Perception, different in kind only.

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