Re: [xmca] Consciousness & cognizance/ cognize/ cognizant

Anton,

conscious is an important concept.
it is not a cognitive either awareness concept.
you can try Jacques Maritain, there are english translations,
if you do not read french.
maria

----- Original Message -----
From: "Anton Yasnitsky" <the_yasya@yahoo.com>
To: "eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity" <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 9:36 AM
Subject: [xmca] Consciousness & cognizance/ cognize/ cognizant

> Dear colleagues,
>
> this is s translation/style question and a plea
> for advice.
>
> I am working with a text where the author keeps
> using a number of derivatives of
> 'conscious[ness]', namely, yet another noun
> (distinct from 'consciousness'), adjective, and,
> most importantly, a verb.
>
> In essence, these might be rendered as 'aware'
> and 'awareness', but apparently there is no verb:
> 'to be aware' or 'to get aware' are too long and
> seem to add a connotation of passiveness, whereas
> for the author it is important that this is what
> we can actively *do* rather than passively
> *experience*.
>
> So, I have come up with the set of 'cognizance/
> cognize/ cognizant' that seems to best represent
> the meaning of the original terminology. However,
> here is the question:
>
> don't these words look awkward / dated /
> confusing, etc. in contemporary psychological and
> educational discourse?
>
> Thanks,
> Anton.
>
>
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