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Nested structure:
Categories of Subjective Experience
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Nested structure:
Categories of Subjective Experience
Dimensions and areas of human subjective experience.
System of mental 'contents' (sensations findings, experiences).
The 'anatomy' of subjective experience.
Relations, order, and nested structure of mental 'contents'.
Time-space coordinates.
Relationship with physical time and
space
(1) 
Relation with space
Spatial characteristics.
Spatial location relative to the subject experiencing.
Spatial coordinates (position, distance, area, volume).
Spatial distances: distal (indirect) Vs. proximal (direct).
(2) Relation with time
Time factor.
Relative temporal position with respect to instantaneous experience.
Time coordinates (timing, duration, frequency, ..).
Time relation: synchronized (direct) Vs. diachronic (indirect).
External conditions, phenomena, processes, patterns.
Source is: external empiry . Physical domain, 'matter'.
Phenomena, realia ('signs').
Inter-subjectively accessible, overt public.
By means of sensory perception Exteroception extraversion .
Instantaneous, immediate, direct.
E(e).
Occasional contacts with the subject.
Source is 'outside world' (inter-subjective , exogenous ).
Relatively independent.
Entities outside the self.
Referent(s) : Various phenomena or objects
(1) 
Referent(s) : 'thing'
Object, event.
(D).
(2) Referent(s) : Plant
Living organism.
(V).
(3) Referent(s) : Animal
Animal life.
(B).
(4) Referent(s) : Other
Person.
(A).
Only connected to the subject.
Source is (direct or indirect ) 'self', own body.
E.g. external self-perception (external self-reflection).
Relatively remote.
Indirect contact by physical exchange/ communication through spatial medium.
Sensory and perceptual modality.
Coding medium.
Class of qualia .
Relatively close.
Direct contact by physical exchange/ communication with spatial coincidence or overlap.
Exogenous body feeling.
Relatively more
exteroceptive
(1) 
Sense of balance, equilibrium
Vestibular senses
A. Posture and movement relative to gravity c.q. environment.
(Position, posture, movement, acceleration, rotation).
B. Turning of the head.
(Kv = K-ft). (K [e, v])
(2) 
Touch (haptic / tactile / cutaneous , ..)
Tactile sensations through immediate physical contact,
contiguity ,
osculation .
Pressure, texture, vibration, temperature, ..
(Mechanical, thermal, electromagnetic, chemical, ..).
(Kh = K-hp) (K [e, h])
(3) 
Erotic and sexual feelings
(Ks = K-sx). (K [e, s])
Sensations of inner state, feelings, processes, functions.
Source is: 'Internal empiry '.
By means of intra-psychic perception; interoception , introspection , 'intuition'.
Mental / (intra-) psychic domain, mind.
Exclusive-subjective experience; covert , strictly private.
E(i).
'Internal' self-perception.
Noticing, observing internal mental processes.
Simultaneous , symmetrical process (direct).
Concurrency of data content and process.
Interoception , Intero-sensorics , sensibility .
Internal sensory perception with respect to external and internal data.
Kinaesthesia , sensibility .
Perception through body feeling.
There is a range of kinesthetic submodalities .
(K = kin).
Movement, posture, action / behavior, expression.
(endogenous & extrovert).
(M = mot).
Internal body feeling.
Relatively more
interoceptive
(1) 
Sense of activation
Sensations of the activation system.
Energenic feeling.
Level of alertness degree of activation (arousal , motivation)
Relaxation/comfort versus action/effort, preparation versus participation . ..
(Kn = K-ar).
(2) 'Inner' body feelings
(Physiological, visceral )
Sense of internal organs, guts (intestines ).
Breathing, heart rate, blood pressure, ...
Vegetative system; E.g. through X Nervus vagus .
(Kf = K-fs).
(3) Emotional feeling
'Affection' (Pathisch , limbic ).
Visceral Vegetative system; allocortex / Limbic system. (E.g. sadness, anger, fear, ..).
(Kp = K-pa).
(4) Sense of muscles and joints
Sensations of the musculoskeletal system.
Motor (muscular , proprioceptic ).
(Movement, walking, talking, ..).
(Km = K-mo).
Asymmetric process (indirect).
Unevenly course of data content and process.
Associating, 'thinking' ('head').
Remembering, reasoning, expecting, ...
Reactivation (retraction , retrieval , reminiscence ) of empirical data along a timeline.
Content from long-term memory (LTM).
Process with influence from outside.
Source / cause is 'outside world' (objective , public ).
Implying: Agent = (Other / Thing); Patiens = Self.
(E x). (A / D -> Z).
Remembrance of exogenous experience, observations.
Content from episodic memory, concerning previous sensory experience.
The 'image-sound-smell-taste-touch movie' (occasional / reflexive ).
Process with influence from within (reciprocal activity, feedback).
Source / cause is 'inner world' (subjective , private ).
Implying: Agent = Self; Patiens = Self.
(E n). (Z -> Z).
Remembrance of endogenous experience, feelings.
Content from episodic memory, concerning previous body feelings.
The 'movie' of bodily feelings and emotions (occasional / reflexive ).
Remembrance of endogenous experience, mental constructions.
Content from semantic memory, concerning previous mental constructions, experience of
idiosyncratic nature (
structural ,
declarative ).
A 'movie' of ideas: abstractions, concepts, stereotypes, enz..
Includes
the personal model of the world,
belief system .
- Body image, self-image;
- View on humanity, world, life.
Fantasize, dreams hallucinating, ...
Combinatory thinking, reasoning, calculating ...
Composition according to logical Syntax .
(Occasionally according to logical semantics ).
Linguistic .
Relation with language
(1) 
Verbal
Use of words, language.
(V / A d).
(2) Nonverbal ; analog .
Behavior / signing.
Gestures (gesticulation ), facial expression (mimicry ), posture, choice of clothing, jewelry, cosmetics (
make-up , tattoos , piercings , ..), tools, material creations, etc ..
(V/A[KOG] a).
(3) Tonal ; paralinguistic
Use of voice.
(A t).
Additional features /characteristics.
Level of contact, involvement, identification.
Involvement in the process
(1) 
Dissociative
Concerning self-perception 'from outside', i.e. perceiving oneself as an
outsider at an imaginary distance ('camera position', 'birds-eye view ').
(2) Integral / associative
Concerning perception 'from within', i.e. experiencing full personal involvement and identification.
Affective versus cognitive in nature.
Level of
affect
(1) 
'Instinctive ', physical / organic
Reflexive, 'semi-automatic' processes.
(2) Associative, emotional, impulsive, 'intuitive '
'Spontaneous', 'open-minded', frank, naive, ..
(3) Cognitive, 'rational', intellectual
Conceived, considerate, calculated, ..
Level of intensity of specific processes.
Activation level
(1) 
Inactive, 'dormant'; latent
(2) Active, ongoing , 'awake'; manifest
Accessibility for subjective experience.
Level of consciousness
(1) 
Conscious level (supraliminaal )
Gnostic .
(2) Unconscious level (subliminal ).
Subconscious / pre-conscious
(3) Outside of consciousness
Degree of controllability.
Manageability
(1) 
Voluntary
Under conscious control.
Deliberate, purposeful, willful, 'premeditated'.
(2) 
Involuntary
(·) Automatic, reflexively.
Peripheral Vegetative And autonomic nervous system.
(·) Pseudo-automatic conditioned responses, routine patterns (habituated ).
Semantic type of argument in a predication .
Causal function
(1) 
Source of, or instance causing the activity
Agent (subject ).
Performer, initiator of the process/ activity.
(Sensory, motor, emotional, cognitive).
(2) Destination, or object of the activity
Patiens (direct object ).
Whoever or whatever is (meant to be) affected by the activity.
(3) The person concerned, the medium of the activity
Dative (indirect object ).
One who or that which is involved in or mediating the activity, is affected
only indirectly or sideways, e.g. instrumental, (dis)advantaged, etc..
(Associated) circumstances, environmental conditions, history (confounding factors ), ..
'Embeddedness', 'nesting , internal and external 'triggers '.
Modus Operandi .
'Ego state ', 'subpersonality'.
(Associated, responsible) 'personality part', mostly an 'unconscious personality part').
Underlying aim/ goal, motive . (drive , urge ).
The intended purpose of the process.
Relative Priority .
Specific strategic function(s).
Related ins and outs , within an operational strategy.
Assumptions underlaying a collection of ideas.
Presumptions , premisses , parameters .