On 10 Jul 2008, at 14:58, alex wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-07-09 at 23:07 +0200, Julian Rohrhuber wrote:
>> Yes, I agree, especially because I don't think there is anything
>> pure really.
>> Ok, but I would like to continue to ask around a bit:
>>
>> * what is thought ?
>
> Organising things into geometric spaces, mapping paths around those
> spaces, giving names to areas, points and movements in them, carrying
> out symbolic operations on those names.
I don't know what thought is, but consider if these events fit your
definition:
- A bird flew over my head, I noticed it but didn't know what it was,
I kept on reading my book.
- Someone speaks to me in a language that I don't understand. I feel
I understand.
- I'm playing table tennis, my shoelace is untied and I keep thinking
about it, but I play successfully.
- When programming I have a problem. I perform some trial-error tests
and one of them works. (I didn't know what I was doing)
- A 6 months old lies on his/her back and searches for his/her dummy.
She/he has a project.
- etc. : )
>> * what is public thought ?
>
> Two or more people harmonising their geometric spaces together.
Isn't that conversation?
I don't know what public thought is either, but I'd say it would be
some system like traffic rules.
>> * what is the difference between playing, acting, and thinking ?
>
> Tricky... Maybe playing is interacting with the world/others,
> thinking
> is interacting with yourself and acting is interacting with the world
> using someone else's representation of it.
Matter of definition (use) of the words, no? They are all the same to
me atm.
thor
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