Mark A Mandel <mam at theworld.com> writes: > On 15 Aug 2002, David Dyer-Bennet wrote: > > #I'm a counterexample. To me "non-verbal thought" is an oxymoron. > #Writing badly is to me a clear sign of thinking unclearly. And so > #forth. > > Does not compute. Writing is not the same as thinking. Writing requires > words; it is by definition verbal. So the fact that a person writes > badly does not prove that thought is verbal unless you assume that > thought can be transmitted directly through writing, without a stage of > transforming thought into words: i.e., that thought is verbal, the very > point you are claiming to prove. -- Or do I misunderstand you? You're confusing argument with opinions, actually, is what's happening. Which is why "to me" occurs twice in those three sentences. -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b at dd-b.net / New TMDA anti-spam in test John Dyer-Bennet 1915-2002 Memorial Site http://john.dyer-bennet.net Book log: http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/Ouroboros/booknotes/ New Dragaera mailing lists, see http://dragaera.info