Re: Mind's Eye The language of thinking

what good is thinking if you can not communicate it,
Allan


On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 6:33 PM, archytas <nwterry@gmail.com> wrote:
> There is still a question as to whether language plays any role in
> thinking.
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> On 6 Jan, 15:41, gabbydott <gabbyd...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> This is indeed a very, very complex topic worth discussing and simplifying.
>> Help me understand what you are aiming at by telling me whether music and
>> dance would also account for languages of thinking. Thanks.
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>> 2013/1/6 andrew vecsey <andrewvec...@gmail.com>
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>> > I have written a new chapter to my "Think Park - A Journey thru space and
>> > time" publication/video that made me think more about thinking. Whenever I
>> > think, I seem to be talking to myself, I can think about something in my
>> > memory by imagining and reliving sensations I remember, but whenever I
>> > think about those memories, I ultimately revert to talking to my self (up
>> > to now, fortunately silently). Do others in this group of thinkers have the
>> > same experience? If yes, why do you think that it is like that? If not, how
>> > do you manage to think without mentally talking it out? The excerpt of my
>> > new chapter that started me thinking about this line of thought is below:
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>> > "Before men could talk, they groaned and grunted. Just like with crying
>> > and laughing, it was sometimes difficult to tell the difference between
>> > displays of sorrow and joy, or pain and pleasure. At the 60 meter point
>> > from the start of the think park, about 18,000 years ago, man started to
>> > use *words* to display his emotions. Words helped man to think and
>> > enabled him to articulate and share his inner most thoughts. *Pictures
>> > and written words* enabled his thoughts and his knowledge to be stored
>> > for later contemplation and to be scattered like seed to grow. This
>> > cultivation, communication and sharing of thoughts, knowledge and
>> > experience resulted in the growth of *agriculture* that enabled *
>> > civilizations* to flourish."
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Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living.

Of course I talk to myself,
Sometimes I need expert advice..

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