Temporal Points of View

Abstract

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The subjectivity of self and its ontology: From the world–brain relation to the point of view in the world

“…This points to a core feature of the POV's ecological background layer, namely that its intrinsically temporal nature is entailed by its scalefree features. That converges with Campos and Gutierrez (2015) who also characterize POV as intrinsically temporal:…”

“…Painting and photography rely on a slightly different notion of POV that involves providing access to events or objects in the world. Despite the extensive colloquial usage of POV in many disciplines, the concept is often neglected in philosophy, as there is no established theory (see Campos & Gutierrez, 2015, for a notable exception). Yet another noteworthy excep tion is the embodied approach where the lived (rather than objective) body is supposed to provide the point of view or anchor of the self in the world (Gallagher, 2005;Gallagher & Daly, 2018).…”

“…We will introduce Campos and Gutierrez's (2015) account of POV and then provide our own ecological and ontological extension. Our main argument will be that the con cept of POV can provide the source of subjectivity by constituting an intrinsic, necessary connection between the world and the self-the necessary intrinsic connection of world and self as mediated by POV can ultimately be traced to the necessary connection of world and brain, the world-brain relation (Northoff, 2018).…”

“…According to Campos and Gutierrez (2015), POV can be determined by two main features: reference to mental life (including subject), and access to the world beyond the self and its mental life. Following in their footsteps, we will reformulate and rename these two features as the surface and background layers of POV, respectively.…”

“…This example points out that the ecological background layer of POV is intrinsically relational: it describes the POV in terms of its temporospatial scales and ranges relative to those of the world as a whole. Campos and Gutierrez (2015) hint upon that when describ ing the POV as a "relational entity." However, by combining "relational" and "entity," they remain somewhat ambiguous as their concept of entity means that something is clearly delineated from that which surrounds it.…”