06-07-2010, 01:28 PM
Thank you for clarifying Monica. I also felt like I understood you.
The problem is that we consider thought to be pure thought as opposed to a distortion itself. It's common to do a bait and switch where we bait ourselves with a question about the universe. Then replace the universe with a construct and answer relative to the construct an artificial answer. When for example I say someones name. I speak the symbol standing for a construct in my mind which we all assume to be the same construct. And in broad terms this is true, but in the details we don't know the same person, we each know a different construct of the person built around how he or she manifests in our world.
The same goes for every other construct and thoughts are constructs. Even perceptions are constructs. Carefully constructed by our senses.
Wittgenstein had some things to say about that I believe.
The problem is that we consider thought to be pure thought as opposed to a distortion itself. It's common to do a bait and switch where we bait ourselves with a question about the universe. Then replace the universe with a construct and answer relative to the construct an artificial answer. When for example I say someones name. I speak the symbol standing for a construct in my mind which we all assume to be the same construct. And in broad terms this is true, but in the details we don't know the same person, we each know a different construct of the person built around how he or she manifests in our world.
The same goes for every other construct and thoughts are constructs. Even perceptions are constructs. Carefully constructed by our senses.
Wittgenstein had some things to say about that I believe.