Can you have an idea without words?

Russell says that we experience inner speech, inner seeing, feelings, sensory awareness like taste or smell, and ‘unsymbolized thinking’. This unsymbolized thinking is the inner experience of a person. Russell says that most people, including many psychologists, believe that thinking without words is impossible.

Do you think using words?

You’ll find that while you’re repeating the word, you can no longer think using words, but you can still plan, reason and imagine, pretty much as normal. But even though we don’t think in language, it does help us make our thoughts clear.

Do you think philosophy is important?

The study of philosophy enhances a person’s problem-solving capacities. It helps us to analyze concepts, definitions, arguments, and problems. It contributes to our capacity to organize ideas and issues, to deal with questions of value, and to extract what is essential from large quantities of information.

What is the world without philosophy?

Without philosophy, there would be no equality; human beings wouldn’t be given the freedom to make their own choices, and every day would be the same. There would be no freedom of anything because no one would have the strength or the ability to speak up.

What would happen if there was no philosophy?

If you break down the world philosophy, you come to two Greek words: philo, which means love and sophia, which means wisdom; therefore in essence philosophy is the ‘love for wisdom’. I think if there was no philosophy, we wouldn’t see or at least attempt to see things around us the way they truly are.

Is it possible to think without words or images?

Thinking without words or images is possible. An unsymbolized thought is not “hinty” or “general” or merely a part of some other phenomenon. An unsymbolized thought is just as complete and directly apprehendable as an inner speaking or an inner seeing. Many people (perhaps most), including many (perhaps most) psychologists,…

What is the philosophy of the world?

It is where people seek to understand truths about themselves, about the world we live in and their relationships with those around them. If you break down the world philosophy, you come to two Greek words: philo, which means love and sophia, which means wisdom; therefore in essence philosophy is the ‘love for wisdom’.

How would you describe unsymbolized thinking?

Now I’ll describe it: unsymbolized thinking. Unsymbolized thinking is the experience of an explicit, differentiated thought that does not include the experience of words, images, or any other symbols.

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