How do we arrive at the thought of a chair or a table, or thought of objects at all, of any kind.
We arrive at such thoughts through physical theory.
However theory requires language, for THOUGHT is too elusive to be studied except in its physical expression i,e language.
So our question about thought of objects becomes a question about verbal reference to objects.
But how are we able to even enquire (let's call it a fairly sophisticated enquiry) of the above linguistic reference.
The philosopher Quine offers us a physicalist solution, the physical input to which we are exposed i.e the thought, causes the triggering of sensory receptors,
then comes the physical output the utterance of the sentences of our theories.
But how then do we rebut the initial sentence to a more complex one
How do we advance from the crude input to the sophisticated output.
We enquire about this conundrum, however currenlty limited, through semantic, epistemological and ontological means
We arrive at such thoughts through physical theory.
However theory requires language, for THOUGHT is too elusive to be studied except in its physical expression i,e language.
So our question about thought of objects becomes a question about verbal reference to objects.
But how are we able to even enquire (let's call it a fairly sophisticated enquiry) of the above linguistic reference.
The philosopher Quine offers us a physicalist solution, the physical input to which we are exposed i.e the thought, causes the triggering of sensory receptors,
then comes the physical output the utterance of the sentences of our theories.
But how then do we rebut the initial sentence to a more complex one
How do we advance from the crude input to the sophisticated output.
We enquire about this conundrum, however currenlty limited, through semantic, epistemological and ontological means
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