…where does the universe exist?
Did you just REFER to a subject as an object?
feigns being triggered
Go ahead and falsely assume that I misunderstood you and please (wo)mansplain me into enlightenment.
No, I didn’t do that.
This question is malformed. The universe doesn’t exist in the same way that concretes exist. It’s a concept, so it exists as a mental integration of all existents. Existents exist within existence.
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Merely absolute hog wash.
That existents exist within existence"? Since you don’t specify what is merely hogwash, I’m left wondering what you mean.
The merely absolute is hogwash.
The merely absolute? The merely absolute what? I’m not sure what you are getting at here.
^^THAT merely absolute is hogwash^^
Do you hold a Platonic view of universals, then?
Not as Plato is commonly misrepresented, no.
What is your view on universals and what theory of concepts are you using? I’m curious.
When I use the word subject I’m not talking about grammar; I’m referring to the subject of consciousness (the one who is conscious), and the word object refers to anything the subject is aware of or considers.
So it isn’t aware of any other subjects? What if there’s no such thing as a subjectless object?
But of course, subjectless objects exist all over the place. A rock is an object of consciousness, but it is not a subject of consciousness. And yes, we can be aware of other subjects, and our own consciousness can be an object, albeit a secondary object. I am aware of you, who are conversing with me, as a subject of consciousness.
Divine essentialism, where the original being (object) is the subject existing/expressing (verbing) its essence, and we either participate in its essence (life), or die nihil (defacing the image).
Oh good, so I don’t have to worry about mine. The rock broke through the porcelain façade… menacingly.
That is a metaphysical view. I want to know what your theory of concepts is, your epistemology.
Only God is omniscient & knows everything immediately, being in (& subsuming) every moment and location, through which they cocreatively (with/through us) express their essence — ultimately symbolized/demonstrated on the cross.
It’s still just divine essentialism.