You Don’t Need Words to Think

il n’y a pas de pensée hors des mots

The perception is completely unrelated to the sense organs, like the nose or the eyes, and related instead to the brain itself and how it interprets the sensory input it receives.

Thinking and consciousness are not synonymous. Thinking is only a small aspect of consciousness. Thought cannot exist without consciousness, but consciousness does not need thought.

suggest that there is a possibility for self-awareness of thought – that the concrete, real process of the movement of thought could be self-aware, without bringing in a “self” who is aware of it. “Proprioception” is a technical term – you could also say “self-perception of thought,” “self-awareness of thought,” or “thought is aware of itself in ac