what are thoughts made of?

Dust and Ashes, I think you are on the right track. I agree that words refer to thoughts, and the next question is where thoughts come from.

The scholastics said, “There is nothing in the mind that is not previously in the senses”. But this does not lead to empiricism for them because they thought (An elaboration, or understanding, of Aristotle’s De Anima, in part a project of seeing what is necessary in order for people to know knowledge.) that our mind gets universals by being illuminated by a light from God, which Aristotle merely called the Agent Intellect.

But this school of thought also points out that in order to know, the mind must be something that can become all rational forms, as our senses conform to sense knowledge bodily/materially.

And “What is logic”?
Perhaps it is holding to the principle of non-contradiction in thought.

mrn

non-contradiction: even if we were to lie to ourselves, the universe could still be honest to us.

Someone please explain how images are formed in the brain. I mean, electric connections and cones firing, for me, dont equal movie projector.

…Three dimensional data is subject to new forms of quantum mechanics and new physical laws… :astonished:

So what you’re saying is, nobody knows in full truth?

:laughing:
Nobody can fully develop their vast potential.

The human system needs lots of good fuel.

It’s like a marriage, you get what you put in.

desires

belief

First, do you mean sense images, or imaginary images?

Second, I don’t know how it’s done either,
but I am perplexed on what is witnessing the projector’s movie.
But supposing the soul is a rational energy and the brain shoots off physical energies,
they might be the same in type, and thereby a connection might be possible.

Supposin’,
mrn

For the most part, I mean sensory images.

I sure someone more qualified then me could point to the brain region where the visual takes place, but I still cant help but use the projector metaphor, especially when I think of light bouncing off of mirrors. Which mirror would be the final background mirror to base all my judgements on. I don’t know if that compares.

“created in the image of . . .”

seems like images can go on to infinity.

Two kills with one shot.
Did you see that?
That was aswome!!!
Boom, headshot!
Thrill of the kill!

Fast, precise execution of judgment as a form of pre-action.

…Wait a minute.

…This one’s getting back up, and he says our emulators are set to re-create the outer world within, using a compount of all forms of sensation, awareness, preprogrammed instinct, and this information can exist in more then one dimension at a time, [example: precognition].