Is language a necessity for thought? |
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 Feb 22 2008, 09:40 PM
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 i did your boyfriend  Group: Official Designer Posts: 3,335 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 4,071  |
Debate.
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Feb 22 2008, 09:57 PM
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 Photoartist Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 12,363 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 399,390 |
Language is necessary for the communication of thought...
Of course, within your body, even if you're just thinking to yourself, there's technically a whole language system going on, seeing how language isn't exclusive to words or motions. Some science ish. |
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Feb 22 2008, 10:28 PM
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 The Resident Drunk Group: Head Staff Posts: 8,623 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 593,266 |
Absolutely it is. Of course I have no clue what you are talking about, but if I have the right idea, then yest it does.
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Feb 22 2008, 10:29 PM
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i did your boyfriend Group: Official Designer Posts: 3,335 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 4,071 |
You can think in imagery. Of course, language expands thought but I think that you could do without it.
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Feb 22 2008, 10:30 PM
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The Resident Drunk Group: Head Staff Posts: 8,623 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 593,266 |
Is this like body language and grammar?
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Feb 22 2008, 10:31 PM
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Photoartist Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 12,363 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 399,390 |
Well, if we're talkin' thinking to oneself, involving only one solitary person, then grammar and body language might not have as much to do with it.
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Feb 22 2008, 10:41 PM
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The Resident Drunk Group: Head Staff Posts: 8,623 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 593,266 |
True, communication in oneself is good. I think that when communicating with others, body language can really say alot.
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Feb 22 2008, 10:42 PM
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i did your boyfriend Group: Official Designer Posts: 3,335 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 4,071 |
Ok, let me restate the question.
Is language necessary when you are thinking to yourself? |
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Feb 22 2008, 10:44 PM
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The Resident Drunk Group: Head Staff Posts: 8,623 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 593,266 |
Ohhhhhhh ok lmao, no it isn't.
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Feb 22 2008, 10:47 PM
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 /人◕‿‿◕人\ Group: Official Member Posts: 8,283 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,927 |
While language a necessity for thought, you don"t need a language to think. Think of the phrase "A picture is worth a thousand words," and apply that to your opinion on this.
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Feb 22 2008, 10:51 PM
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The Resident Drunk Group: Head Staff Posts: 8,623 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 593,266 |
That is the perfect example right there. People communicate all the time without using any sort of language whatsoever.
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Feb 22 2008, 10:54 PM
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Photoartist Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 12,363 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 399,390 |
There's a sort of language going on within the body, but I don't think that's the sort of language you're referring to anyway...
Having language just helps, as far as I can tell. A lot better if a person can apply and convey his ideas rather than keep them in his own head not really doing anything with them. Self-satisfaction then, I guess. |
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