Comments on: What Thought is Not Prepared to Think http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/08/24/what-thought-is-not-prepared-to-think/ public domain playground. friendly entities welcome. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:21:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Lemuel Pitkin http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/08/24/what-thought-is-not-prepared-to-think/comment-page-1/#comment-4980 Lemuel Pitkin Thu, 25 Aug 2005 14:48:37 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/08/24/what-thought-is-not-prepared-to-think/#comment-4980 Yeah, it was an error in judgement. It's just that the quote related to some things I've been looking at lately, so I got a little excited and went off on a tangent. Sorry about that. I guess the lesson is, don't post on internet message boards when its late and you're tired and just about to go to bed. Yeah, it was an error in judgement. It’s just that the quote related to some things I’ve been looking at lately, so I got a little excited and went off on a tangent. Sorry about that. I guess the lesson is, don’t post on internet message boards when its late and you’re tired and just about to go to bed.

]]> By: Jacob http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/08/24/what-thought-is-not-prepared-to-think/comment-page-1/#comment-4964 Jacob Thu, 25 Aug 2005 06:11:57 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/08/24/what-thought-is-not-prepared-to-think/#comment-4964 it seems like an error in judgement to write a thoughtful reply on why we shouldn't think. <blockquote>Being prepared to receive what thought is not prepared to think is what deserves the name of thinking.</blockquote> The implications are so obvious to me. This is a frightening quote. it seems like an error in judgement to write a thoughtful reply on why we shouldn’t think.

Being prepared to receive what thought is not prepared to think is what deserves the name of thinking.

The implications are so obvious to me. This is a frightening quote.

]]> By: Tim Boucher http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/08/24/what-thought-is-not-prepared-to-think/comment-page-1/#comment-4958 Tim Boucher Thu, 25 Aug 2005 04:51:35 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/08/24/what-thought-is-not-prepared-to-think/#comment-4958 Hehe. It's just a quote. You're the one who's getting all bent out of shape about it! Hehe. It’s just a quote. You’re the one who’s getting all bent out of shape about it!

]]> By: Lemuel Pitkin http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/08/24/what-thought-is-not-prepared-to-think/comment-page-1/#comment-4957 Lemuel Pitkin Thu, 25 Aug 2005 04:31:59 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/08/24/what-thought-is-not-prepared-to-think/#comment-4957 But if one accepts Lyotard's idea, then it must mean that that particular concept is one that thought IS prepared to think. Which means Lyotard's idea wouldn't deserve the name thinking, which is the thing that is being praised. From another angle, if open-mindedness is what is being promoted here, then doesn't that ultimately collapse into just another kind of close-mindedness? Could anyone talk you out of being open-minded? If the answer is no, then that must mean you are closed-minded about your open-mindedness. I just wonder if thinking isn't something that, ultimately, doesn't need to be refined so much as it needs to be transcended, if true insight, the kind that surprises you and shakes you to the core, is actually going to occur. If you allow the thinking mind to slap its own preferred label on your new insights, whatever their nature ultimately is, you might be left with a distorted view about what is really going on, and some of the transformative potential might be lost. But if one accepts Lyotard’s idea, then it must mean that that particular concept is one that thought IS prepared to think. Which means Lyotard’s idea wouldn’t deserve the name thinking, which is the thing that is being praised. From another angle, if open-mindedness is what is being promoted here, then doesn’t that ultimately collapse into just another kind of close-mindedness? Could anyone talk you out of being open-minded? If the answer is no, then that must mean you are closed-minded about your open-mindedness. I just wonder if thinking isn’t something that, ultimately, doesn’t need to be refined so much as it needs to be transcended, if true insight, the kind that surprises you and shakes you to the core, is actually going to occur. If you allow the thinking mind to slap its own preferred label on your new insights, whatever their nature ultimately is, you might be left with a distorted view about what is really going on, and some of the transformative potential might be lost.

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