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@Tfmonkey Got a follow up to our mind/consciousness discussion. Pali Buddhism distinguishes between citta and cetasika. Citta (CHI-tuh) is the subjective knowing aspect of mind. Cetasika (cheh-TAW-si-ka) are the thoughts that appear in the mind.
When explaining these squirrely contradictions, I think you're more cautious about "consciousness" being confused as the opposite of unconsciousness. I'm cautious about "mind" being confused with cetasika.
So there you go. New, more precise words.
@Tfmonkey Yup. A lot of translations of Pali Buddhist texts do the same. If you read enough of them you learn over time what they mean.
@philosophy A few of the books I've been reading simply transliterate the Indian words directly because translating it to English would cause more confusion that it would solve.
English is kind of a shit language when you get down to it.