• Pantagruel
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    As thinking entities we confront and attempt to comprehend a vast and complex reality. But the fundamental question that challenges our intellect is this: is thought itself a fundamental feature of reality?

    We can no more comprehend a reality absent thought that we can think without thinking.
  • Pinprick
    950


    Not sure where you’re trying to go, or if I’m understanding you correctly, but I’ll say no, it isn’t. I can conceive of a world (reality) that doesn’t include thought, but comprehension requires thought, so you may be right depending on how you meant the last sentence. Without thinking we cannot comprehend anything, but we can imagine a reality where thought didn’t exist (I.e. Earth pre-life, post apocalyptical Earth, etc.).
  • Pantagruel
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    Not sure where you’re trying to go, or if I’m understanding you correctly, but I’ll say no, it isn’t. I can conceive of a world (reality) that doesn’t include thoughtPinprick

    Says the thinking being.....
  • Pinprick
    950

    Well, yeah, but just because I think doesn’t mean it’s fundamental to reality. It’s fundamental to comprehension, and possibly even experience, but there’s nothing to suggest without “thought” reality wouldn’t exist. In fact, wouldn’t something have to of existed prior to thought?
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