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Reminds me somewhat of the Sankhya school of Indian philosophy, which was strongly dualist but (unlike Cartesian dualism) considered thought processes as part o

Reminds me somewhat of the Sankhya school of Indian philosophy, which was strongly dualist but (unlike Cartesian dualism) considered thought processes as part of material reality, and spirit as some sort of "consciousness capability" which worked mostly as an spectator. https://historyofphilosophy.net/samkhya https://historyofphilosophy.net/samkhya

escherplex 9y ago
Right, with 'consciousness' reported behaving as 'sakshin' or 'witness' and the sense of 'I' (and subsequent not 'I') as a synthetic product of the nervous system called 'ahamkara' ('I' maker) supervening within the 'sakshin'. The Vedantin's goal was 'neti neti', or I'm not-that (empirical) and not-this (human-animal cognitive operating system engineered to interact with the empirical), recognition of which purportedly catalyzed a subsequent 'recollection' of a 'transcendent' cognitive operating system. If interested, see 'Advaita Vedanta - A Philosophical Reconstruction' (Deutsch) for a comprehensive overview of the subject.