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Categories of Subjective Experience
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Dimensions and areas of human subjective experience.
System of mental 'contents'
(sensations findings, experiences).
The 'anatomy' of subjective experience.
Relations, order, and nested structure of mental 'contents'.
Time-space
coordinates.
Every human experience has a
relative position in the time-space continuum.
External conditions, phenomena, processes, patterns.
Source is:
external empiry . Physical domain, 'matter'.
Phenomena,
realia ('signs').
Inter-subjectively accessible,
overt public.
By means of sensory perception
Exteroception extraversion .
Instantaneous, immediate, direct.
E(e).
Function in the process.
Relations with
referents :
agent ,
patient ,
dative .
Occasional contacts with the subject.
Source is 'outside world' (
inter-subjective ,
exogenous ).
Relatively independent.
Only connected to the
subject.
Source is (
direct
or
indirect ) 'self', own body.
E.g. external self-perception (external self-reflection).
Relatively remote.
Indirect contact by physical exchange/ communication through spatial medium.
Sensory and
perceptual modality.
Coding medium.
Class of
qualia .
Sight; - seeing, looking.
(V = vis).
Taste - Tasting
(G = gus).
Smell - smelling.
(O = olf).
Relatively close.
Direct contact by physical exchange/ communication with spatial coincidence or overlap.
Exogenous
body feeling.
Sensory perception/ feeling of 'external environment'.
(
Exogenous Kinaesthesia ,
extero-sensibility ).
Direct, synchronous.
Vestibular senses
A. Posture and movement relative to gravity c.q. environment.
(Kv = K-ft). (K [e, v])
Tactile
sensations through immediate physical contact,
contiguity ,
osculation .
Pressure, texture, vibration, temperature, ..
(Mechanical, thermal, electromagnetic, chemical, ..).
(Kh = K-hp) (K [e, h])
Sensations of
inner state, feelings, processes, functions.
Source is: '
Internal empiry '.
By means of intra-psychic perception;
interoception ,
introspection , 'intuition'.
Mental / (intra-) psychic domain, mind.
Exclusive-subjective experience;
covert , strictly private.
E(i).
'Internal' self-perception.
Noticing, observing internal mental processes.
Simultaneous ,
symmetrical process (direct).
Concurrency of data content and process.
Interoception ,
Intero-sensorics ,
sensibility .
Internal sensory perception with respect to external and internal data.
Kinaesthesia ,
sensibility .
Perception through body feeling.
There is a range of kinesthetic
submodalities .
(K = kin).
Sensations of the
musculoskeletal system.
Motor (
muscular
,
proprioceptic ).
(Movement, walking, talking, ..).
(Km = K-mo).
Movement, posture, action / behavior, expression.
(endogenous
& extrovert).
(M = mot).
Internal body feeling.
Sensory perception / feeling from 'internal environment'.
(
Endogenous kinaesthesia ,
intero-sensibility ).
Direct, synchronous.
Sensations of the
activation system.
Energenic feeling.
Level of
alertness degree of activation (
arousal , strength of motivation)
Relaxation/comfort versus action/effort,
preparation versus
participation . ..
(Kn = K-ar).
(Physiological,
visceral )
Sense of internal organs, guts (
intestines ).
Breathing, heart rate, blood pressure, ...
Vegetative system; E.g. through X
Nervus vagus .
(Kf = K-fs).
'Affection' (
Pathisch ,
limbic ).
Visceral Vegetative system;
allocortex / Limbic system. (E.g. sadness, anger, fear, ..).
(Kp = K-pa).
Asymmetric
process (indirect).
Unevenly course of data content and process.
Associating, 'thinking' ('head').
Remembering, reasoning, expecting, ...
Reactivation (
retraction ,
retrieval ,
reminiscence ) of empirical data along a timeline.
Content from long-term memory (LTM).
Process with influence from outside.
Source / cause is 'outside world' (
objective ,
public ).
Implying:
Agent = (Other / Thing);
Patiens = Self.
(E x). (A / D -> Z).
Remembrance of
exogenous experience, observations.
Content from episodic
memory, concerning previous
sensory experience.
The 'image-sound-smell-taste-touch movie' (
occasional /
reflexive ).
Process with influence from within (
reciprocal activity, feedback).
Source / cause is 'inner world' (
subjective ,
private ).
Implying:
Agent = Self;
Patiens = Self.
(E n). (Z -> Z).
Remembrance of
endogenous experience, feelings.
Content from episodic
memory, concerning previous body feelings.
The 'movie' of bodily feelings and emotions (
occasional /
reflexive ).
Remembrance of
endogenous experience, mental constructions.
Content from semantic
memory, concerning previous mental constructions, experience of
idiosyncratic nature (
structural ,
declarative ).
A 'movie' of ideas: abstractions, concepts, stereotypes, enz..
Includes
the personal model of the world,
belief system .
- Body image, self-image;
Fantasize, dreams hallucinating, ...
Combinatory thinking, reasoning, calculating ...
Composition according to
logical Syntax .
(Occasionally according to
logical semantics ).
Use of words, language.
(V / A d).
Behavior / signing.
Gestures (
gesticulation ), facial expression (
mimicry ), posture,
choice of clothing, jewelry, cosmetics (
make-up ,
tattoos ,
piercings
, ..), tools, material creations, etc ..
(V/A[KOG] a).
Momentaneous, manifest
subjective 'data'.
(O.a.
bubble of perception ,
ad hoc model, etc.).
Level of intensity of specific processes.
Latent Vs.
manifest .
Level of contact, involvement, identification.
Subjectively experienced 'intrusiveness'; associative 'bond', adhesion of experience content.
Concerning self-perception 'from outside', i.e. perceiving oneself as an
outsider at an imaginary distance ('camera position', '
birds-eye view ').
Concerning perception 'from within', i.e. experiencing full personal
involvement and identification.
Internal response:
Affective and/or
cognitive in nature.
Reflexive, 'semi-automatic' processes.
'Spontaneous', 'open-minded', frank, naive, ..
Conceived, considerate, calculated, ..
Accessibility for subjective experience.
(Sub)liminal .
Subconscious / pre-conscious
Degree of controllability.
Level of predominance.
Under conscious control.
Deliberate, purposeful, willful, 'premeditated'.
(·) Automatic, reflexively. Pseudo-automatic conditioned responses, routine patterns (habituated ).
Relation between
subject and
object .
Origin of activity,
being 'outside World' (
exogenous ) versus 'inner world' (
endogenous ).
Process with influence from outside.
Source / cause is 'outside world' (
objective ,
public ).
Implying:
Agent = (Other / Thing);
Patiens = Self.
(E x). (A / D -> Z).
Process with influence from within (
reciprocal activity, feedback).
Source / cause is 'inner world' (
subjective ,
private ).
Implying:
Agent = Self;
Patiens = Self.
(E n). (Z -> Z).
Semantic
type of argument in a
predication .
Place within the causal process of the activity.
Agent (
subject
).
Performer,
initiator
of the process/ activity.
(Sensory, motor, emotional, cognitive).
Patiens (
direct object ).
Whoever or whatever is (meant to be) affected by the activity.
Dative (
indirect object ).
One who or that which is involved in or mediating the activity, is affected
only indirectly or sideways, e.g. instrumental, (dis)advantaged, etc..
Associated circumstances, environmental conditions, antecedents, history ..
'
nesting
, internal and external '
triggers '.
(Possible
confounding factors ,
bias ).
Assumptions underlaying a collection of ideas.
Presumptions ,
premisses ,
parameters .
Underlying aim/ goal,
motive . (
drive ,
urge ).
The intended purpose of the process.
Relative
Priority .
Specific strategic function(s).
Related
ins and outs
, within an operational strategy.
Driven by positive motivation. Eg. for coping, socializing, survival, egodefense, etc..
Modus Operandi .
'
Ego state
', 'subpersonality'.
(Associated, responsible) 'personality part', mostly an 'unconscious personality part').
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