Gospel koan 50.5
Towards consciousness
Koan 50.5
Only a diversity of power: 'ability' can approach objectivity in knowing and thus consciousness: a 'measure of knowing together'.
Summary exposition
The central mechanism is that objectivity is a function of epistemic diversity, where 'power' denotes the capacity for distinct modes of sensing, reasoning, and interpreting. A single type of sensor, like only a camera, gives a limited view; objectivity emerges from combining cameras, microphones and personal observation, each with its own ability to transduce reality. The core implication is that consciousness itself is not a solitary state but a near 1:1 conceptual correlation—a 'knowing together'.[1] The more diversely the cognitive and perceptual abilities are integrated, the richer and more objective the resulting model of reality becomes, making pluralism a necessary condition for truth.
Footnotes
With respect to consciousness, the CoD model treats consciousness in terms of its etymon: the 'measure of knowing together' and not its contemporary interpretation which is a closer cognate to Hobbe's concius sibi: 'knowing together within oneself'. ↩︎