There is still a question as to whether language plays any role in thinking.
On 6 Jan, 15:41, gabbydott <[email protected]> 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. > > 2013/1/6 andrew vecsey <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > 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: > > > "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." > > > -- --
