NLI monograph
I have brought all the posts related to NLI (nonrepresentational linguistic idealism) into one monograph which is available to download here free of charge as a PDF.
If you had a choice…
if you had a choice, would you take your physical body to the other world or your mind?
As I was going to St. Ives
As I was going to St. Ives I met a man with seven wives, Each wife had seven sacks, each sack had seven cats,Each cat had seven kits: kits, cats, sacks and wives,How many were going to St. Ives? [Answer = one]
Sentience
The notion of sentience has been in the news recently since a Google AI researcher, Blake Lemoine, claimed that a chatbot he had been interacting with was sentient. His claim has been rebuffed by some antagonists and he has been put on paid leave by Google. In this blog, I will try and outline what…
Thought (part II)
In part I of this two-part series, I outlined how NLI (nonrepresentational linguistic idealism) states that only linguistic thought is actually thought. All other modes of ‘thinking’ such as inner seeing and unsymbolized thinking are subconscious cognitive activities which we can never be conscious of. Only linguistic thought provides the human mind with a conscious…
Thought (part 1)
The word ‘thought’ is used regularly in discussing human cognition but is rarely defined. We are all familiar with statements such as ‘I just had a thought’ or ‘what are you thinking’. We seem to generally accept that people do have thoughts from time to time but we rarely question how these take place. Most…
Nonrepresentational Linguistic Idealism
What is nonrepresentational linguistic idealism (NLI)? NLI is a philosophical position that puts the mind at the centre of reality and language at the centre of the mind. It asserts that thought is linguistic in nature and we can only ever be conscious of linguistic ideas. Language does not represent the physical world but is…
Access Consciousness is Linguistic Consciousness
In part 1 of this two-part series, I looked at phenomenal and access consciousness. I claimed that phenomenal consciousness (PC) is the ineffable hum of the physical and cannot be reported on. If I experience the smell of coffee, say, phenomenally, then the experience collapses as soon as I try to report on this through…
Nonrepresentational Linguistic Idealism (part 1)
PART 1: IDEALISM NLI is a philosophical position that puts the mind at the centre of reality and language at the centre of the mind. It asserts that thought is linguistic in nature and we can only ever be conscious of linguistic ideas. Language does not represent the physical world but is the world itself.…
Nonrepresentational Linguistic Idealism (part 2)
PART 2: LINGUISTIC NLI is a philosophical position that puts the mind at the centre of reality and language at the centre of the mind. It asserts that thought is linguistic in nature and we can only ever be conscious of linguistic ideas. Language does not represent the physical world but is the world itself.…
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