Consciousness is constituted by the totality of coincident representing, so what enters awareness is determined by inter-representational dynamics, not a fixed capacity of the psyche.
When something in your brain stands for or corresponds to something in the world—like how the word 'red' represents the color red.
Totality(referring to a complete set of causes)
A complete set or collection of all the things involved in a situation—think of it as the 'whole package' of causes or explanations for something.
consciousness(Philosophy of mind; framing the 'What is consciousness?' question)
A dynamic process characterized by self-transforming flow, intentional coherence, and semantic self-understanding, rather than a static or momentary state.
inter-representational dynamics(alternative explanation for limits on awareness that the statement rejects)
The way different thoughts or mental images interact with and influence each other.
psyche(Butler's usage, distinguishing it from the narrower performatively constituted agent)
More than the self or ego constituted through gender imitation; encompasses both the conscious self and the unconscious workings postulated by psychoanalysis
To sum up: One representation cannot so crowd out a second, since the remainder of \(b\), (i.e., \([R_b]\)), can never \(= 0\). On the other hand, two representations suffice to crowd out a third completely out of consciousness, making it incapable of affecting the state of mind (Gemüthszustand); and this is all the more the case for further representations with a weaker vivacity than c (SW V: 292). The limen is determined as a limit (“Gränze”) below which a representation is fully inhibited, bu