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Believe they meant the wood composing the chair came from a tree with complexity enough to be reasonably thought capable of consciousness (on some basic tree le
by drsnow 5y ago
Believe they meant the wood composing the chair came from a tree with complexity enough to be reasonably thought capable of consciousness (on some basic tree level)
- scollet 5y agoYiss. Tree has a different consciousness. Maybe a little bit more abstract.
- scollet 5y agoAlthough a chair does subsume human projection, similar to a Buddhist realization of artifice. A chair serves, regardless of its consciousness, but the human (or mammal stand-in) may project a consciousness of its utility upon the object, thus elevating its stature in a shared conscious. The closest I can think is a friend establishing rules around an heirloom coffee table that enforced coasters and denied foot rest. But I think that more organic models should have that assumption baked in to their more humanistic appropriation. Like we kill a cow for sustenance, but I respect that in purchase by eating it. A table serves me infinitely. And thus it carries the consciousness of the human. Destruction of a utility reflects the human qualities, and so an inanimate object might adopt those qualities independent of time.