On 18 Nov 99 03:08:59 GMT, uj797 at victoria.tc.ca (Arthur T. Murray)
wrote:
>Peter Wang, engp9577 at nus.edu.sg, wrote on 18 Nov 1999 09:16:12 +1100:
>>> Dear all,
>>> Do you think we should use language when we are thinking?
>> or we can use and can not use it too?
>>Thinking is a flow of associations. As we walk down the street,
>we may think absent-mindedly and entirely in images, pictures,
>smells, sounds, and such -- without recourse to language.
>>However, when we do use language for thinking (and communicating),
>we gain access to abstract concepts that only language can manipulate,
>and we generate thoughts that can be communicated to other minds.
>A Picasso painting does not so much communicate as *cause* ideas.
>>> Moreover, how about making decision? Does this also involves language?
>>Decision-making involves ALL the knowledge available to the mind,
>whether linguistically associated or by non-verbal modalities.
>>For a discussion of decision-making in "Mind.Forth AI Source Code,"
>please click-link on the "(volition)" module in the flow-chart at
>http://www.geocities.com/Athen/Agora/7256/mind-fpc.html archive.
>>> In my oppinion, we can think and make decision without resorting to
>> language.
>>> Thanx. [...]
O.K., sounds like as good a theory as any.
Drew Arrington
We stand around and talk of Master, while the Masters walk the talk.
