Book Title: World of Philosophy
Author(s): Christopher Key Chapple, Intaj Malek, Dilip Charan, Sunanda Shastri, Prashant Dave
Publisher: Shanti Prakashan
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awareness but realisation. The meaning awareness involves duality but the "cognitive inwardisation" is a sort of self-realisation. Krishnachandra observes,"object as meant is distinguished from the subject or the subjective of which there is some awareness other than the meaning awareness."24 At best, the subject can be termed as "significant speakable." The object can be pointed as 'this!. The subject can be indicated by the word I. Krishnachandra suggests that the word 'this is the symbol of the object. Bradley also holds that this can stand for the object Every object can safely be called 'this’. But the subject can call itself as I. The pronouns 'hel and you' can claim to stand for the object. K.C. Bhattacharya has given original definition of the subject. The word I stands for the subject I appears to be more basic because he' and you' can also call themselves I. Two speakers may use the term 'this'. This may stand for the same object. But two speakers cannot use the word I in the same sense. The word 'this' as used by speaker means primarily what he perceives. The hearer may use this' of some other object as well as he can use it of the same object. One speaker uses it for the object that he perceives. Another may use it for a different object. He can also use "this" for the same object. This is possible because in the realm of object, "what the speaker means by a word must be capable of being meant by the hearer if he were to use it."25 This is not the case with the word I. If I use this word, I mean myself and if any body else uses it, he uses it for himself and not for me. This clearly shows that there is a basic difference between the subject and the object. There is again a difference between object-consciousness and self-consciousness. Object consciousness is understood through the meaning of the word. Object consciousness involves meaning of the word and self-consciousness is enjoying understanding of the subject or I. The meaning awareness involves relation. Reason can serve as an efficient instrument to give meaning awareness. For example, when somebody from a control room reports that “a fighting jet" is approaching, it is “jet” as approaching that is understood and the self as speaking. In case, self-consciousness is communicated, it is not only the self that is understood, but the self as speaking, communicating or expressing itself is understood. Therefore, "what then is meant is expressible as this is not what is conveyed by the word 1.26
Object may be an individual object or a group or a class. Object may be described as individual or general. But subject can neither be described as singular nor general because the world I is neither singular nor general. On the other hand, in some sense, it is singular and in other sense, it is general. It is singular because everybody uses it for himself only. It is general in the sense that everybody uses it. As used, the term has a uniquely singular reference. But as understood, it is general in the sense the term 'uniquel is general.
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