Book | Series 3: The Process of Thought

Description

The course teaches you where thought originates from: Knowledge is captured from experience and forms the basis for our thoughts. Since what we experience is limited, our knowledge and thoughts are also limited. The limitation effects what we think and how we react to situations.

INTRODUCTION

In this series we discuss thought: where thought originates from, and how thought determines our
behaviour.

We state that knowledge is acquired from perception, and what we perceive is sensation.

The perception of sensation is recorded into memory as knowledge.

We explain that knowledge is the basis for the thoughts we have, and those thoughts determine our behaviour.

The sensations we perceive are the result of our sensuous organs: the eyes, ears, and so on. Our sense organs are limited, so the sensation available to us is limited. The fact that we perceive limited sensation, means that perception must also be limited. We derive knowledge from that quality of perception, so it follows that knowledge must be limited as well. This enables us to conclude that the thoughts we have are created from a limited pool of knowledge.

Thought is limited.

We discuss the ability for thought to function adequately within that limitation, the ability for thought to function inadequately as a result of that limitation, and the effect the limitation has on how our thoughts are experienced.