It is telling that the things we take note of and impute existence to are things which we can experience. The 'things' which we might try to classify include objects which prevent the passage of our body like a wall, but also the words we use to describe this, the sounds the words make when spoken, what it feels like to hit a wall, the perceptual qualities of the wall, and also false experiences of walls such as we might experience while dreaming or hallucinating. All of them relate to our ability to perceive objects as well as the qualities of our experience itself in relation to those objects.
Concepts which can be applied to the properties of objects generate more items to sort. Modes of communication used to relate or record the properties of objects generate still more items to sort. The various senses give us ways to experience objects directly. More items arise when we take note of the value we attribute to objects, their properties and the attraction/repulsion each may have for us. All these experiences can also be dissected phenomenologically to generate even more items. But I think in the end, any attempt to account for the being of all the items we experience will all revolve around ourselves as subjects.
Yikes. Time for bed.
Concepts which can be applied to the properties of objects generate more items to sort. Modes of communication used to relate or record the properties of objects generate still more items to sort. The various senses give us ways to experience objects directly. More items arise when we take note of the value we attribute to objects, their properties and the attraction/repulsion each may have for us. All these experiences can also be dissected phenomenologically to generate even more items. But I think in the end, any attempt to account for the being of all the items we experience will all revolve around ourselves as subjects.
Yikes. Time for bed.
