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I'm one of those people who claim not to "think in language," except specifically when composing sentences. It seems just as baffling to me that other people cl
by fwip 2y ago
I'm one of those people who claim not to "think in language," except specifically when composing sentences. It seems just as baffling to me that other people claim that they primarily do so. If I had to describe it, I would say I think primarily in concepts, connected/associated by relations of varying strengths. Words are usually tightly attached to those concepts, and not difficult to retrieve when I go to express my thoughts (though it is not uncommon that I do fail to retrieve the right word.)
I believe that I was thinking before I learned words, and I imagine that most other people were too. I believe the "raised by wolves" child would be capable of thought and reasoning as well.
- PittleyDunkin 2y agoHow do you evaluate a logical puzzle without some linguistic substrate to identify contradictions? I'm not even implying "english", but logic is inherently a product of formal language—how else would you even construct claims to evaluate?