Consider that every thought had to have been thought for a first time by someone. And thoughts and emotions are entirely different things, so that doesn’t work. Interesting though, what you said about our first thoughts being original… that hadn’t occurred to me, need to think about that one.
Are there any two thoughts that are distinct from each other. Or is there only 1 unique thought (Choose any and then all others are a variation of it).
Also I disagree that thoughts and emotions are entirely distinct. Or does ‘thoughts’ refer just to language? Are visual thoughts thoughts? And if so, why not remembering the experience of pain?
Are memories thoughts? Or do I have to be commenting on the memory with language for it to be a thought? I feel like memories are 100% original too, since they’re a re-experience of something that happened to you, not based on anything that someone else has previously thought.
Consider that every thought had to have been thought for a first time by someone. And thoughts and emotions are entirely different things, so that doesn’t work. Interesting though, what you said about our first thoughts being original… that hadn’t occurred to me, need to think about that one.
Are there any two thoughts that are distinct from each other. Or is there only 1 unique thought (Choose any and then all others are a variation of it).
Also I disagree that thoughts and emotions are entirely distinct. Or does ‘thoughts’ refer just to language? Are visual thoughts thoughts? And if so, why not remembering the experience of pain?
Are memories thoughts? Or do I have to be commenting on the memory with language for it to be a thought? I feel like memories are 100% original too, since they’re a re-experience of something that happened to you, not based on anything that someone else has previously thought.