All unspoken ones then? — creativesoul
What exactly are you calling "nonlinguistic thought"?
— creativesoul
Any thought that doesn't involve language. — Merkwurdichliebe
All unspoken ones then?
— creativesoul
No. All thoughts are unspoken. — Merkwurdichliebe
So, what counts as not involving language? — creativesoul
Hmmmm...I just can't seem to find a good example that illustrates thought that doesn't involve language. — Merkwurdichliebe
Speech is not thought, it is a medium through which thought can be communicated/expressed. — Merkwurdichliebe
Statements are statements of thought/belief. — creativesoul
Statements are statements of thought/belief — creativesoul
Speech is not thought, it is a medium through which thought can be communicated/expressed. — Merkwurdichliebe
I see nothing philosophically interesting there to talk about. Looks like an exercise in arguing semantics. — creativesoul
Speech is not thought, it is a medium through which thought can be communicated/expressed.
— Merkwurdichliebe
That's pretty much where you go astray. — Banno
Speech and statements are distinct, just as thought and speech is distinct. So what's the problem? — Merkwurdichliebe
Speech is not thought, it is a medium through which thought can be communicated/expressed.
— Merkwurdichliebe
That's pretty much where you go astray.
— Banno
Why, is speech blue and not red? Or, is it that "medium through" does not include "medium". What nonsense criticism are you trying to get away with this time? — Merkwurdichliebe
All manner of imagery; that which is to be regarded as pictorial in form, can subsist in thought, in spite of the absence of certain aspects thereof which insofar as each be present, serve to facilitate linguistic expression. — Vessuvius
Thus, we have made discernment whereof imagery, inasmuch as it pertain solely to a particular sight, is an instance of non-linguistic expression, and by virtue of that, the same sentiment holds true as a matter of thought. — Vessuvius
It was spot on though, given the context. — creativesoul
Speech is not thought, it is a medium through which thought can be communicated/expressed. — Merkwurdichliebe
All thoughts are unspoken. — Merkwurdichliebe
Settle it for me.
Thought, speech, and statements...
What counts as each? — creativesoul
Pretty much the theory critiqued in the first few pages of the Philosophical Investigations.
So, Merk, have you a reply to Wittgenstein's critique? — Banno
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