Have you ever been at a loss for words? Try to catch yourself at this sometime. I've tried and the best analogy I can come up with is "pictures". I definitely notice having thoughts that are prior to language, though. In fact, sometimes concepts occur to me and I don't even bother to convert them to English words. I know what I mean, and this gives me more mental time to move on to the next thought. Sometimes converting thoughts to words seems a waste of mental "cpu cycles" especially during problem solving when I need to evaluate and accept or reject potential solutions in a hurry.
Mary On Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 9:24 PM > > [Horse, quoting Craig] > > "No one thinks in pictures, because the picture would have to be > interpretted & that could not be done by another picture. > (see Wittgenstein)" > > [Horse] > > I'm not sure why you think that no-one thinks in pictures. > > Strange. You quote my (& Wittgenstein's) argument, then ask for an > argument. > Perhaps an example will help: > (I'll assume we're talking about "mental" pictures here.) > Suppose you hear scratching on the other side of a door & a picture of > a cat > comes to mind. Could this picture be what's meant by "thinking there > is a cat > on the other side of the door"? > No, because this same picture could come to mind when thinking "I wish > a cat > would chase away t he squirrel scratching on the other side of the > door". > The pict ure cannot play the needed role of thinking, " because the > picture > would have to be interpretted & that could not be done by another > picture". > You could think " there is a cat on the other side of the door" even if > a picture > of a car came to mind. > Craig > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
