08/5/14

Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 1.5AC

Summary of text [comment] page 37

Many theologians speak of an analogy between venial and mortal sin.

Venial and mortal differ in intensity.

[One would think that “gravity2” and “intensity” would be synonyms.  They are not.  “Gravity” implies two realms.  “Intensity” implies one.

So I may ask: Is there an analogy or a commonality to venial and mortal sins?

Are mortal sin and venial sin different species of the same genus?

The idea of “kind” draws my imagination to the exclusive yet interpellating vertical nested forms in the intersecting nested forms.

Thinkgroup3( human action2(consciencelacking1)) and thinkdivine3( human action2(consciencefree1)) have the same structure, even though they are exclusive yet interpellating.

Does this make them of the same kind?]

08/4/14

Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 1.5AB4

[Here is the scenario for “gravity” that relies on the interscoping nested forms:

Knowledge3( human action2( subject1))

Will3( subject2( object1))

If I consider “gravity2” as the “realm of actuality2 in tension with the intersubjective3 and the subjective­1” then “gravity2” precisely reflects “the aspect of human action2 corresponding to the subject2”.

Does this definition of “gravity2” accord with the Dutch logic table?

It seems so.

The more grave2 the sin or virtue, the more imprisoned or free the subject becomes.]

08/1/14

Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 1.5AB3

[What about the other question: What about the idea of “gravity”?

I can see two scenarios.

Here is one that relies on the polarized form:

Knowledge3(2()) Will2(1)

If I consider “gravity2” as the “realm of actuality2 in tension with the intersubjective3 and the subjective­1” then “gravity2” precisely reflects “the aspect of human action2 corresponding to the poles of knowledge3 and will1”.

“Gravity2” is “that feature of human action2 that must be intersubjectively contextualized3 as knowledge3”.

“Gravity2” is also “that feature of human action2 that reifies conscience1 and disposition1; that is, the will1”.]

07/31/14

Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 1.5AB2

[The previous blog provided some insight into the normal context of the second, adjacent lower nested form.

In 1.5AA4 I wrote:

Normal context3( subject2( object1))

Context of attraction, repulsion or neutrality3( subject who desires2( object of desire1))

In 1.5AB1 I wrote:

Will3( subject2( object1))

So these must be parallel.]

07/30/14

Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 1.5AB1

Summary of text [comment] pages 36 and 37

[Let me try to locate “gravity” once again.

Allow me to review the nested forms:

The most general are:

Thirdness( secondness( firstness))

Normal context3( actuality2( possibility1))

Looking at the earlier blogs, I have:

Knowledge3( human action2( will1))

And that can be turned into a polarized form:

Knowledge3( acts of knowledge2 acts of will2( will1))

Knowledge3(2()) will2(1)

Also, that can be turned into interscoping nested forms:

Knowledge3( human action2( subject1))

Will3( subject2( object1))]

07/29/14

Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 1.5AA7

[Let me write the full twist as two interscoping nested forms.

The higher level form is:

One subject contextualizes another subject’s actions3( objective human actions2( subject1))

Knowledge3( human action2( subject1))

The lower level form is:

Context of attraction, repulsion or neutrality3( subject who desires2( object of desire1))

Normal context3( subject2( object1))

Both the upper and lower nested forms have the qualities of:

Intersubjective3( objective2( subjective1))

So, we should look into this second, adjacent lower level normal context.

And, what happened to to the idea of “gravity”?]

07/28/14

Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 1.5AA6

[There is a certain irony to the fact that the term “objective” covers two very different concepts.  So now, let me see whether I can accomplish the full twist to the claim:

Knowledge3 is “intersubjective”.

Well, why not “interobjective”?  After all, there are two objects.

Then I can counter: There are also two subjects, each perceiving an “object”.

Knowledge3 brings these two subjects, with their respective objects, into a nested form.

“Knowledge3” contextualizes “human action2“.

Human action2 is the objective behavior of a subject1.

“Knowledge3” brings “objective human action2” into relation with “the possibilities inherent in the subject1“.

These possibilities concern some object perceived by subject1.  That object, for the subject1, must be actual on a different (interscoping, adjacent lower) nested form.

That suggests that there may be “some normal context3” that brings “the subject2” into relation with “the possibilities inherent in the (perceived) object1“.

This “normal context3“, plus knowledge3, yields two subjects and two objects. Hence, in this case, thirdness is “intersubjective3” and “interobjective3“.

How twisted was that?]

07/25/14

Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 1.5AA5

[The term “will2(1)” labels the emergence of “objective” human action2 (from the point of view of knowledge) from “subjective” realms1 (from the point of view of the will, which operates with some “objective” in mind.  Plus, that “objective” may reflect the normal contexts of the intersecting nested forms).]

07/23/14

Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 1.5AA3

[There is a certain irony to the fact that the term “objective” currently covers two very different concepts.  Here is the second:

Human action2 is also “objective” in so far as it reveals the “object” of our will2(1) (will2(1): human action2 emerging from both consciencespecified1 and dispositions1).

“Object relations” in psychoanalysis go with consciencespecified and dispositions.  Our will bends towards an object.]