2007-03-16 20:31:36 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
i mean you cant realy KNOW or be able to formulate or make sense of those thoughts.
2007-03-16 20:36:44 · update #1
Language is only a vessel for the thought and though it might be pleasant to drink from crystal glasses I would prefer good wine from a paper cup to bad one from a silver cup.
2007-03-16 21:40:31 · answer #1 · answered by Alex G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Certainly , we think and communicate through sounds as a language , so thoughts orginate first and get formed as language , so there can be thoughts without a language.
2007-03-16 20:38:54 · answer #2 · answered by Rocky 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. thoughts aren't just words. there's images, feelings, sounds...
language is simply one by-product of thought, i think. besides, to use some of the best cliches floating around, "we think, therefore we are," "our life is shaped by our mind, we become what we think" ... or something. i'm out of language now, to express my thoughts, but i know what i mean even without the words, do you? sorry. (really gotta learn silence while i'm on caffeine-buzz)
2007-03-17 00:28:53 · answer #3 · answered by linda 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of the things that has always creeped me out about babies is that they have no words. I've always wanted to know WHAT is going through their heads...but it's obvious that, even without words, SOMETHING is making them laugh...frown...cry, so - yes, there has to be thought without words...
2007-03-16 20:36:42 · answer #4 · answered by Annie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you can think in pictures or in abstract sound like music.
2007-03-16 21:52:39 · answer #5 · answered by fredrick z 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes.you thought stuff before you learned to speak didnt you.dogs think and they have no language.
2007-03-16 20:35:11 · answer #6 · answered by J's leather emporium 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
definetly! leave babies and dogs...just think about adults who are deaf and mute and never get trained to read, write or understand any language. do you feel they never think throughout their whole life?!!!
2007-03-16 20:40:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the nectar of devotion is a thought, but it's a thought if you don't know what it is, too
2007-03-16 20:41:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
instinct. fight or flight.
2007-03-17 11:54:49 · answer #9 · answered by Reganomics 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋