If I were to internally ask myself, for example, if the punch would hurt, would I be thinking it would or thinking that I think it would? — Kranky
If I were to internally ask myself, for example, if the punch would hurt, would I be thinking it would or thinking that I think it would? — Kranky
Sorry to be confusing. What I'm asking is — Kranky
.thinking that I think it would? — Kranky
And no, you wouldn't have time to think "I am thinking about running away." That requires self-reflection, which you are capable of, but it doesn't happen automatically. Most of the time you are not thinking about thinking. — SophistiCat
implies there's an identity,I am thinking,
and its activity expressed as,I
. Beyond that is a matter of endless speculation for me.am thinking
The feeling of pain is objective. — NotesOfAMan
Good point. Would you also say that most of the time we aren't self-aware, as that is, in essence, self-reflection? Would you also say that self-awareness and concsiousness are two separate things (one can have one without the other). — Harry Hindu
Well, being aware of thinking is being aware of your own thoughts, which would entail self-awareness. Thinking about thinking is like being aware of being aware. Its like creating a visual feedback loop by turning a camera back on its monitor and seeing the infinite corridor of monitor images within the monitor."Self-awareness" is a rather broad rubric, which includes awareness of one's location, for instance. We are talking more specifically about "thinking about thinking," which, it seems to me, we rarely actually do, and even then we would be registering something that happened in the past. It is hard to think of two things at once, let alone telescoping an infinite recursion of thought about thought about thought, etc. into one moment. — SophistiCat
My apologies, I believe I was aiming for subjective. essentially, we can influence our reaction to it. I know to some extent, I can nearly turn off pain. While my case is minor, I can think of a whole lot more then 1 situation where an individual has the restraint to accept pain and continue on with it. Pain is a personal measure, its completely based on perspective. One persons "most painful" may be a walk in the park for another. — NotesOfAMan
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