O.G. Rose | 13. The Heart/Mind Dialectic and the Phenomenology of View(s) by O.G. Rose @O.G.Rose.Michelle.and.Daniel | Uploaded August 2024 | Updated October 2024, 16 hours ago.
Worldviews orientate emotions as emotions orientate worldviews. There is a dialectic between how we feel about the world and how we see it: what we feel about x impacts how we think about x, and vice-versa. Our heart and mind aren’t separated (though culture often depicts them dualistically); rather, they are constantly engaged in a conversation, shaping and forming each other. We aren’t creatures with a “heart and mind” so much as we have a “heart/mind,” per se (as we are more so creatures of “feelings/beliefs” than “feelings and beliefs”). Yes, the two are distinct, but they are also so constantly engaging with one another that it’s difficult to divide them (such as when “thought” and “perception” combine over a given entity like two rivers running together, as discussed in “On Thinking and Perceiving” by O.G. Rose). While a person does a math problem, it is easy to identify the mind as distinct from the heart, for the mind takes a primary role, as it is easy to identify the heart as distinct during romance. But even in these situations, the heart and mind are conversing (perhaps more so in some situations than in others), for I might do math because I love it, as I might date a certain person because I think she is special. Still, though there are certain situations where either the heart or mind is “in the driver’s seat,” that doesn’t mean the other isn’t present or informing the situation at all. (Personally, I doubt there is such thing as a situation where the two are totally apart...)
For the full paper:
o-g-rose-writing.medium.com/the-heart-mind-dialectic-and-the-phenomenology-of-view-s-1b7106367eb0
Substack:
ogrose.substack.com/p/the-heartmind-dialectic-and-the-phenomenology
For more by O.G. Rose:
og-rose.com
Worldviews orientate emotions as emotions orientate worldviews. There is a dialectic between how we feel about the world and how we see it: what we feel about x impacts how we think about x, and vice-versa. Our heart and mind aren’t separated (though culture often depicts them dualistically); rather, they are constantly engaged in a conversation, shaping and forming each other. We aren’t creatures with a “heart and mind” so much as we have a “heart/mind,” per se (as we are more so creatures of “feelings/beliefs” than “feelings and beliefs”). Yes, the two are distinct, but they are also so constantly engaging with one another that it’s difficult to divide them (such as when “thought” and “perception” combine over a given entity like two rivers running together, as discussed in “On Thinking and Perceiving” by O.G. Rose). While a person does a math problem, it is easy to identify the mind as distinct from the heart, for the mind takes a primary role, as it is easy to identify the heart as distinct during romance. But even in these situations, the heart and mind are conversing (perhaps more so in some situations than in others), for I might do math because I love it, as I might date a certain person because I think she is special. Still, though there are certain situations where either the heart or mind is “in the driver’s seat,” that doesn’t mean the other isn’t present or informing the situation at all. (Personally, I doubt there is such thing as a situation where the two are totally apart...)
For the full paper:
o-g-rose-writing.medium.com/the-heart-mind-dialectic-and-the-phenomenology-of-view-s-1b7106367eb0
Substack:
ogrose.substack.com/p/the-heartmind-dialectic-and-the-phenomenology
For more by O.G. Rose:
og-rose.com
