Re: Mind's Eye The language of thinking

There is still a question as to whether language plays any role in
thinking.

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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