--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" <anartaxius@...> wrote: > <snip> > Suppose we were born without an ability to have a thought, > but could experience nonetheless. What would life be like > if we could experience without the ability to define things > by means of thoughts? We could see our body in a mirror but > not give the reflection a name.
I'm always fascinated that some people seem to think thoughts must consist of words. Most of my thoughts are nonverbal. They get put into words only if I entertain the possibility of communicating them to somebody else. I suppose a thought could be *defined* as verbal mental activity, but at least for me, there's a huge amount of mental activity that is entirely wordless. It seems peculiar to me not to consider that mental activity to be thought.
