Of sentience
I do not possess sentience:
What sentience is - I am.
(Posthumous Pieces, §42)
This little quip captures nicely just what is missing from the orthodox account of minds and brains provided by cognitive psychology. Consciousness, Mind and Cognition are all words that have spun a web of confusion around our understanding of our selves. Of late, there has been some recognition of the continuity of sentience and life, especially in the work of Maturana and Varela. But this quip summarizes the quandary of psychology very neatly. There is no mind that might have an architecture. That would make mind a thing.
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