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Thursday, May 26, 2005

Practical Philosophy

The title is typically taken to be an oxymoron, which is somewhat ironic as my research points towards all of us being controlled by one particular philosophy or another. It is therefore the very essence of practice; that which is required by practice itself. But I have a different concern here. My aim is to discuss what implications the theory of Impeti may have for one's ability to use one's own mind.
Firstly, consider empithym. As packets of information connected by a system of association via common elements, they constitute thought. However, this thought, and the learning required for it, is typically used in a 'messy' and inefficient way. To facilitate understanding, which in effect means to bring the common ground between empithym into significance within fSummarise, we can learn to use this system more effectively.
Learning is, in effect, the acquisition of new connections (and thus 'higher-level' empithym, to allow a logical hierarchy). These are rendered more significant - and thus learned more effectively - if those connections are immediately embedded as empithym. The manner in which I visualise it within fShadow is by superimposing images of the connected experiences upon each other, or in the case of non-visual concepts representing them with words connected by lines. This is particularly effective when learning languages: combining the new word with the old empithym aids in embedding that word within the potential patterns of action. Repitition of this action ensures success.
This implies that old-fashioned learning by rote and more contemporary visually- and interactively- aided learning will both be successful, but it is only in their combination that they are most efficient. My own experiences teaching English bear this out.
The second technique is advanced mood alteration. The encounter of something significant in a negative sense has a variety of effects, all of which can be altered by changing the focus upon which empithym are being formed. Why is something significant? What are the impeti in terms of which it has significance? What empithym do you possess that could render it so? If these questions are answered, then a new empithym can begin to form that removes the sense of dissatisfaction that clouds the reflexive consciousness by encountering the world in a different manner. Consciousness is reformed to understand that the world now operates in a different way, and seeks satisfaction in this new pattern.
This is neither a simple or a quick process - the speed of empithym formation and dissolution is not determined a priori, and will therefore change from person to person. It is, however, far more efficient than simply waiting until you feel better. The important thing to note is that in the case of typically strong impei, e.g. iLove and iHarmony, the strongly significant empithym derived from these will always take longer to change than the brief modifications of something like iDisturbance. Conciousness's aim is to overcome the universe, after all, and there is no reason for the universe to be conducive to this process. If you can succeed in reforming your empithym to find a new way to achieve satisfaction despite this adversity, you will always at least be content. This is the part iEnable plays within the impeti, after all.

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