Is It Possible To Think Without Language?

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creativesoul
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Re: Is It Possible To Think Without Language?

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I've never claimed that all meaning is language.
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Re: Is It Possible To Think Without Language?

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creativesoul wrote: Sat Nov 10, 2018 11:26 pm I've set out a criterion for what all meaning is existentially dependent upon. You've satisfied that criterion with each example.
But you provided no negative (exclusionary/falsification) properties for your criterion?

By definition and by Godel's ontoligical proof - any definition with only POSITIVE properties is basically an undisputable fact. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gödel's_ontological_proof

So you are just guilty of confirmation bias.

It's the same backdoor all philosophers use ;)
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I'm guilty of getting it right.

There are no exceptions. All examples of meaning are existentially dependent upon what I've put forth. I arrived at that criterion by virtue of observation and deduction.

You'll have to do better than that.
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Re: Is It Possible To Think Without Language?

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creativesoul wrote: Sat Nov 10, 2018 11:31 pm I'm guilty of getting it right.

There are no exceptions. All examples of meaning are existentially dependent upon what I've put forth. I arrived at that criterion by virtue of observation and deduction.

You'll have to do better than that.
What would you consider to be a valid counter-example?

Because your claim that "There are no exceptions." sure hints at it being unfalsifiable ;) And so - confirmation bias.
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Re: Is It Possible To Think Without Language?

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TimeSeeker wrote: Sat Nov 10, 2018 11:32 pm
creativesoul wrote: Sat Nov 10, 2018 11:31 pm I'm guilty of getting it right.

There are no exceptions. All examples of meaning are existentially dependent upon what I've put forth. I arrived at that criterion by virtue of observation and deduction.

You'll have to do better than that.
What would you consider to be a valid counter-example?

Because your claim that "There are no exceptions." sure hints at it being unfalsifiable ;) And so - confirmation bias.
An example of meaning which is not existentially dependent upon the criterion I've put forth. My claim that there are no exceptions is based upon the fact that the criterion was arrived at by virtue of determining what all attribution of meaning has in common.
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creativesoul wrote: Sat Nov 10, 2018 11:42 pm An example of meaning which is not existentially dependent upon the criterion I've put forth. My claim that there are no exceptions is based upon the fact that the criterion was arrived at by virtue of determining what all attribution of meaning has in common.
The criterion you put forth is correlation. So you are saying that meaning is a function of correlation.

Can you define "correlation" in a way that it has some inclusionary/exclusionary properties? So that when I give you an example which is not correlation you don't move the goalposts?
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Re: Is It Possible To Think Without Language?

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TimeSeeker wrote: Sat Nov 10, 2018 11:44 pm
creativesoul wrote: Sat Nov 10, 2018 11:42 pm An example of meaning which is not existentially dependent upon the criterion I've put forth. My claim that there are no exceptions is based upon the fact that the criterion was arrived at by virtue of determining what all attribution of meaning has in common.
The criterion you put forth is correlation. So you are saying that meaning is a function of correlation.

Can you define "correlation" in a way that it has some inclusionary/exclusionary properties? So that when I give you an example which is not correlation you don't move the goalposts?
Don't make my argument for me. I've not mentioned "function". On my view, it is best to avoid unnecessary language use wherever and whenever possible.

On my view, thought, belief, meaning, and the presupposition of correspondence with/to reality are inextricably entwined. They all have precisely the same point of origen. They emerge by virtue of thought/belief formation. My position on this matter is based upon decades long study which includes actively seeking other people who disagree, because I want to know what that disagreement is grounded upon. During my study of epistemology, I realized long ago that philosophy proper had neglected to draw and maintain the crucial distinction between thought/belief and thinking about thought/belief. That's how my project began, by virtue of wanting to set out thought and belief. It led - accidentally - to the discovery and then the ability to situate the origen of meaning. That said... You ought expect me to point it out if and when you conflate what your example of meaning is existentially dependent upon with what your report of that example is existentially dependent upon.

The initial emergence of the attribution of meaning was prior to our awareness and/or knowledge of it. Thus, it existed in it's entirety prior to our report of it. As a result, we can get it wrong. The same is true of any and all things that exist in their entirety prior to our discovery of them. That said...

All attribution of meaning is existentially dependent upon something to become sign/symbol, something to become significant/symbolized, and a creature capable of connecting, associating, and/or otherwise drawing mental correlation(s) between different things. That is a conclusion based upon the fact that all examples of meaning include these things even after all of the subjective particulars are removed. That is what's common to all cases and/or examples of meaning. It is adequate for the attribution of meaning, rudimentary thought/belief formation, and the presupposition of truth(as correspondence). It also effectively serves as an adequate outline by which we can explain how all thought/belief and meaning 'grows' in it's complexity.
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Re: Is It Possible To Think Without Language?

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TimeSeeker wrote: Fri Nov 09, 2018 7:30 am Science not philosophy..
This works from the dubious presupposition that science is not philosophy that follows a methodological approach designed to avoid error. Philosophy done well. There's a reason PhD means something...
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creativesoul wrote: Sun Nov 11, 2018 3:11 am
TimeSeeker wrote: Fri Nov 09, 2018 7:30 am Science not philosophy..
This works from the dubious presupposition that science is not philosophy that follows a methodological approach designed to avoid error. Philosophy done well. There's a reason PhD means something...
Well, rather than try to unpack all the philosophical babble. Lets just test it.

Predict something about things which are meaningful to me.

The fact that your yourself can't tell us how to falsify your theory already hints at the fact that you have built an elaborate tautology, but we will get to that in a minute, but you may need to introspect on this quote: "A theory that explains everything explains nothing".

Only some PhDs are meaningful. Most of them aren't ;)
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Re: Is It Possible To Think Without Language?

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TimeSeeker wrote: Wed Nov 07, 2018 7:47 pm
Averroes wrote: Wed Nov 07, 2018 7:43 pm And I will insist in turn that you be logical in English.
English (and all natural languages) are broken - their Turing-completeness can't even be verified unless their grammar is formally defined. You don't get to insist on "proof" while also insisting that it be proven in a framework which lacks the grammar and semantics to express it.
If English (or any other natural language) is “broken”, then don’t use English (or any other natural language). Choose another language which is not “broken.” So as from now, reply/post in a language which is not “broken.”
TimeSeeker wrote: Wed Nov 07, 2018 7:47 pm And since proofs are isomorphic to algorithms English is the wrong tool for logic!
Why are you still arguing in English then? As from now, just choose another language which is not a natural language! I am so sure that you can't that I challenge you to post as from now in a language which is not English or a natural language.
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Averroes wrote: Sun Nov 11, 2018 6:07 pm
TimeSeeker wrote: Wed Nov 07, 2018 7:47 pm
Averroes wrote: Wed Nov 07, 2018 7:43 pm And I will insist in turn that you be logical in English.
English (and all natural languages) are broken - their Turing-completeness can't even be verified unless their grammar is formally defined. You don't get to insist on "proof" while also insisting that it be proven in a framework which lacks the grammar and semantics to express it.
If English (or any other natural language) is “broken”, then don’t use English (or any other natural language). Choose another language which is not “broken.” So as from now, reply/post in a language which is not “broken.”
TimeSeeker wrote: Wed Nov 07, 2018 7:47 pm And since proofs are isomorphic to algorithms English is the wrong tool for logic!
Why are you still arguing in English then? As from now, just choose another language which is not a natural language! I am so sure that you can't that I challenge you to post as from now in a language which is not English or a natural language.
It seems you have changed your tune all of a sudden? It was your claim that all expression is language.

I did make an argument in Python. Over here: https://repl.it/repls/SilverCalculatingSorting
Even had the courtesy to add subtitles for you.

It is also out of courtesy that I am arguing in a language that you understand. And it takes that much extra effort to correct all the errors you are making when using English for logic.
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Re: Is It Possible To Think Without Language?

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TimeSeeker wrote: Sun Nov 11, 2018 8:58 am
The fact that your yourself can't tell us how to falsify your theory already hints at the fact that you have built an elaborate tautology, but we will get to that in a minute, but you may need to introspect on this quote: "A theory that explains everything explains nothing".
That quote is utterly irrelevant. Everything is a goat. The position I argue for and from is not a TOE.

Facts cannot be false. What you've called 'fact' above are false statements. The fact that I've argued several times here that we can be wrong about that which exists in it's entirety prior to language ought serve to better temper any false charges of tautology. The presupposition of truth(as correspondence), the attribution of meaning, and thought/belief all exist in their entirety prior to our ability to become aware of them and/or take proper account. It does not follow from the fact that what I've argued is true(and you cannot find an actual counterexample) that my argument is true by virtue of definitional fiat.

The notion of thought/belief I'm putting forth is true as a result of it's being an accurate description of what all thought/belief have in common that makes them what they are. It's true by virtue of the method I used to arrive at it.

You're beginning to bore me.
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creativesoul wrote: Sun Nov 11, 2018 7:17 pm That quote is utterly irrelevant. Everything is a goat. The position I argue for and from is not a TOE.
Precisely because it's not a TOE then it is falsifiable, eh? Tell us how to falsify it then. It's your theory.
creativesoul wrote: Sun Nov 11, 2018 7:17 pm The fact that I've argued several times here that we can be wrong about that which exists in it's entirety prior to language ought serve to better temper any false charges of tautology. The presupposition of truth(as correspondence), the attribution of meaning, and thought/belief all exist in their entirety prior to our ability to become aware of them and/or take proper account.
I see. So it's untestable? You could have said that right from the start ;)
creativesoul wrote: Sun Nov 11, 2018 7:17 pm You're beginning to bore me.
Translation: I have run out of bullshit to say.
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It does not follow from the fact that what I've argued is true(and you cannot find an actual counterexample) that my argument is true by virtue of definitional fiat. The notion of thought/belief I'm putting forth is true as a result of it's being an accurate description of what all thought/belief have in common that makes them what they are. It's true by virtue of the method I used to arrive at it.

Still waiting on you to come up with a single example to the contrary.

:)
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It's also verifiable, testable, and thus falsifiable... It's based upon neither pure induction nor logical possibility alone. I've no idea why you cannot seem to grasp this.
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