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Thinking Without Words?
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CaucasianAsian
Korea (South)11593 Posts
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Masamune
Canada3401 Posts
Isn't this how it usually is with animals? To train a dog you give it treats so it associates something delicious with its deed and will repeat it as long as it learns that that stimulus will come afterwards. Another example is my cat. It loves my dad and probably associates his scent as a cue for treats and attention and my mom's with ignorance, so he doesn't have anything to ring a bell in his mind when he sees my mom and does nothing around her. Two posters below are right with insticts, I was beating around the bush with my answer there, maybe I should sleep now lol. | ||
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MaReK
Australia446 Posts
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lunadragon
Canada5 Posts
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XeliN
United Kingdom1755 Posts
"I am walking downstairs, because I am hungry and wish to make a sandwhich, once I have made the sandwhich I will eat it to satisfy my hunger. "Oh" the doorbell has been rung, I had better answer it to see who is there...." Basically I think (and I do so wordlessly!) that we often think without using language in our minds all the time. | ||
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omninmo
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"We think in words, even when we are the most emotional, we convey our emotions into words in our head." "[dogs] dont have the ability to think food" if dogs dont think in words then he surely didnt, as you put it "think" "oh "lunchmeat", "tasty", "i" "will" "eat" "it". that is why you are confused you are just thinking about thinking which is normal for those who tend to look up instead of down. there are answers but if i told you it would be less advantageous than if you found out yourself. if metaphysics becomes to troublesome then you can even create myths to explain these mysteries. this is how the many deal with these problems. | ||
Rekrul
Korea (South)17174 Posts
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deth
Australia1757 Posts
It really comes down to the fact that essentially, we think in images. Humans have evolved to the point where we organize images in complex structures and languages, making many forms of communication possible. Its a pretty safe bet that dogs think using mental images as well, but the way they interpret 'signifiers' with their minds' 'signified' is different to ours. | ||
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InfeSteD
United States4658 Posts
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IskatuMesk
Canada969 Posts
I can associate sounds to imagery without using verbal language as a translation device. It's largely in part how I visualize aspects of my novel before writing. The problem is taking that potent immersion and then dumbing it back down into English. It's a lot harder than it sounds like. | ||
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KarlSberg~
731 Posts
I don't think you mentally put ideas into words that much, but if you just start wondering about it, you can't help doing it for everything. | ||
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spinesheath
Germany8679 Posts
I'm not always thinking in words either, sometimes it's images or sounds, sometimes it's not even something I can describe. I am sometimes thinking in German, but increasingly often I am thinking in English too. So that tells me that it is possibly to think in various "languages", which might not always have to be languages that can be expressed through speech. | ||
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Yggdrasil Leaf
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Scias
United States148 Posts
On May 21 2010 16:01 CaucasianAsian wrote: So I was making a sandwich and i dropped a piece of lunch meat on the floor. My dog got up from where she was laying and ate it off the floor. What thought through my dogs head would tell her to eat it? As I have thought in language for as long as I can remember, i think it's crazy how my dog knew 'oh lunchmeat. looks tastey. i'll eat it." But they don't have the ability to think "food". We think in words, even when we are the most emotional, we convey our emotions into words in our head. How does thought processes work when no language takes place? For instance for a new born baby. How do they think? They can't think "holy shit i'm free. fuck i have to breathe'. They just act and yet their mind is still pulling thoughts and constructing ideas. HOW? I don't know if this makes sense at all. Oh well. re your last question: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respiratory_center this sounds like a post from the high thread lolol | ||
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Scias
United States148 Posts
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micronesia
United States24756 Posts
Meta-cognition yay! | ||
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meteorskunk
Canada546 Posts
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KingofHearts
Japan562 Posts
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