The Mistery of Belicena Villca mentioned flowerpot fell on the head of the awake man , we can suppose a second determination or , strictly speaking , a “ second intention ”; we say : “ the Will of the Creator acted ”.
The first and second degree of determination of a phenomenon is also called , from another point of view , First and Second intention of the Creator .
In general , any phenomenon is susceptible of manifesting itself in the first and second degree of determination . Taking into account this possibility , we will agree the following : when not indicated otherwise , by " phenomenon ", it will be understood that whose determination is purely mechanical , that is , of the first degree ; otherwise it will be clarified , " of the second degree ".
It only remains now that we distinguish between " the two degrees of the phenomenon ", to clarify the statement I made at the beginning of this discussion that every law of nature , including eminent ones , describes the causal behavior of phenomena of the first degree of determination . It is easy to understand and accept this since when a second degree determination intervenes in a phenomenon , the natural sense of mechanical chaining has been alienated temporarily in favor of an irresistible Will . In that case the phenomenon already will not be " natural " although it appears to be , but it will be endowed with a superimposed intentionality of a net evil character for man .
On the other hand , the first degree phenomenon always manifests itself complete in its functionality , which is a direct expression of its essence , and it will always be possible to reduce it mathematically to an infinite number of " laws of the nature ". When the phenomenon of the first degree is appreciated especially by a law of nature , which is eminent for one since it highlights a certain interesting aspect , it is evident that it is not dealing with the complete phenomenon but with that " aspect " of it . In such case you must accept the sad fact that from the phenomenon will only be perceived an Illusion . Sensorially mutilated , gnoseologically deformed , epistemologically masked , it should not be surprising that the Indo-Aryans qualified as maya , Illusion , the ordinary perception of a phenomenon of the first degree .
I will now pose a question , whose answer will allow us to face the problem of the " preeminence of cultural premises ", based on the latest conclusions : “ if all first-degree phenomena necessarily appear full ( for example : at 6 A . M . ‘ the sun rises ’)”, what is the specific reason that its apprehension through the " scientific or cultural model " prevents from dealing with the phenomenon in its entirety , and circumscribes around partial aspects of the same ? ( for example when we say : “ the earth ' s rotation is the cause that has produced the effect that at 6 A . M . the sun has become visible in the East horizon ”). In this last example it is evident that when explaining the phenomenon by an “ eminent law ” it only refers to certain partial aspects ( the “ terrestrial rotation ”) leaving aside – not seeing it – the phenomenon itself (“ the Sun ”). The answer to the question posed leads us to touch on a fundamental principle of the epistemological structural theory : the relationship observed between aspects of a phenomenon , mathematically quantifiable as " law of nature ", originates from the preeminence of cultural premises from which reason modifies the perception of the phenomenon itself .
It goes without saying that this occurs due to the “ masking ” effect that the reason causes in every image reflected by the conscious subject : reason " responds to the interrogation ", that is , to the flexions of the conscious subject , in which the lost Self is immersed . As if it were a fantasy , the reason interprets and conforms a rational scheme of the representation of the phenomenal entity , scheme whose image is superimposed on the representation and masks it , endowing it with the propositional meaning determined by the cultural preeminent premises .
When a “ scientific ” observation of a phenomenon is made , the rational functions become preeminent to any perception , “ highlighting ” with eminence those interesting or useful aspects and " tarnishing " the rest ( of the phenomenon ). In this way reason operates like masking the phenomenon , previously torn from the totality of reality , and presents it with a " reasonable "
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