Derek - what can any further investigation - philosophical or otherwise - determine about whether there can "be a thought without any way of embodying it" ?
It would be reckless person who proposed any limitations to the possibilities for embodiment -- considering all the languages, or other forms of embodiment - that have or could be developed. The more possible -- and interesting -- question is where have un-embodied thoughts proven themselves to be useful -- or even, as you've acknowledged, indispensable. And one of those places seems to be the judging of art -- as you have just exemplified with your experience at the Goya exhibit. Somehow - while viewing that exhibit - you determined that the prints were art -- and then you used that determination to draw some conclusions about art (it can't always be described with some notion of beauty). But whatever thinking led to your determination of those prints as art -- that mental activity has not been embodied. _____________________________________________________________ Click to create your dream holiday trip now. http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2211/fc/Ioyw6ijmedC9x5d1P04aXc4TUJ5COu AjfMaUaxR0dGNQLI1WjfhDhW/?count=1234567890
