Do you think to know or do you just?

Answer 1

both, sometimes after thought i arrive at a state of knowing, other times, it just happens,,,,, some things we just know, we dont need to think about it, or even question it,,,,,,,,,, though if we do, we still arrive at the same sense of knowing,,,,,

Answer 2

We think about something, we then consider the question and thus strive to seek a resolve, however, its not what we think about, but more why we bother to think in the first place. Some people don't seem to have the ability to raise the question, least consider it. Others do. That's what makes us unique. Naturally we are all inventors and have dreams of what kind of life we want to create, ie by invention and development. Raise a question, then consider it, and hopefully resolve the question. Some questions are arguable, others are inconceivable, then there are those that are beyond the conscious awareness and thus will never be questioned. Its those unknowns that display our inability to think and thus know. The knowing is the easy bit as is the thinking about something you know of. How though do we think or comprehend something we have no knowledge or comprehension of? We don't, therefore we don't and never will!

Answer 3

you are talking about innate or apriori knowledge and a posteriori knowledge.

were you born with any knowledge of anything? some people argue you were born knowing that you think. this may or may not be true, regardless this would be considered innate knowledge - intrinsic knowledge gained without experience.

a posteriori knowledge is where you know something from previous experience. for instance when i see the year 1776 i think american revolution because of experience in history class.

there is pretty much no such thing as a prior or innate knowledge, only because it cannot be proven.

all knowledge is from experience then, from learning, observing etc etc. in which case 99.9 percent of things require you to think to know, whether or not you are aware of the thinking portion at a conscious level.

just knowing would be innate knowledge and is almost impossible to ascertain.

Answer 4

Knowing is by perception first and then the effort of thought or rather the mind to retain it, recollect it , reproduce it etc.
The knowing happens in a 'flash' (remember the "Eureka" by Archimedes, the gravity when apple fell, the locomotives when tea kettle's lid came of due to steam pressure)

Answer 5

I just do....