I have put a lot of effort into giving (and identifying/naming) concepts that Asa H learns (forms) as a part of its overall "self" concept. This is important as evidence that Asa is conscious. But Asa learns many concepts that are not part of its "self" concept. Some are easy to identify/name. Things like:
bright/light --> hot ("warming")
black/dark --> cold ("cooling")
force --> acceleration (Newton's 2nd law)
day --> night --> day --> etc. where day=(hot, light) and night=(cold, dark)
It may be difficult to assign human labels (words, names) to some of the other concepts Asa forms.
In some cases these are important; examples of alternate conceptualizations of reality. But certainly not always.
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