Momentary experiences have the character of momentary experiences; but I’m unsure about the status of *consciousness*...that’s something we’ll need to argue about in person...
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OK, leave out the word "consciousness." vijñapti (roughly, "mind") moments have an intrinsic nature. The question then becomes are they phenomenal or just informational? Either way, they have independent being and essence.
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Another person to get into this conversation is Bob Scharf.https://philpapers.org/rec/SHAIYP
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And this is a great paper (TBH, all of his are), though it definitely reflects the conditions under which it was written (as all philosophy does)
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Replying to @NeuroYogacara @evantthompson and
Also, Bill Waldron! (But this is getting very dude heavy! We’ll have to keep that in mind)
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can you believe in no-self and also illusionism? I mean I guess you *can*, but does it make any sense?
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At each moment, there's a mental event with misrepresentational content, with said content including the misrepresentation that the event is owned by a self
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what's the difference between a representation and a mis-representation?
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A misrepresentation presents something as being there that isn't really there apart from the representation.
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I guess what issue I am circling around here is -- what does present mean in a no-self context. Who is presenting what to whom?
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Replying to @ericlinuskaplan @evantthompson and
It’s wicked hard to explain to someone who hasn’t experienced it. But things happen, and none of them are you, and none of them are happening to you...
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