[Arlo, from “PC Madness”]
> Briefly, we CANNOT think without language.
But can we remember anything without language? How about other animals? IMHO
remmbering is
thinking.
[WillBlake]
> I would disagree that mental patterns originate out of society
.
[Arlo]
> If mental patterns do not originate out of society, from where do
> they? Does the brain, independent of any social participation,
> generate mental patterns on its own?
> Where do the symbols come from?
> Are they innate?
> Genetic?
IMHO symbols emerge in the interaction between an individual & their
(social & physical) environment.
.
[Arlo]
> Would all pre-language humans, whether they are Chinese or English,
> think with pretty much identical mental patterns?
IMHO humans don’t think with “mental patterns”. If there is a role for the
term “mental pattern”,
I would say that it is when 2 people are thinking the same thing & we say
“they have the same mental pattern”. What other criterion would we have for
the identity/existence
of “mental patterns”? Craig
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