Noun

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Singular thought

Plural thoughts

thought (plural thoughts)

  1. an idea; an instance of thinking.
  2. (uncountable) the state or condition of thinking.
    The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it’s unfamiliar territory. —Paul Fix
  3. A particular way of thinking-that associated with a group, nation or region.
    "Eastern thought".

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun "thought"

Verb

thought

  1. Simple past tense and past participle of think.

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Sat Mar 13 03:25:08 2010

What causes involuntary memories to suddenly appear within the thought/mental process?
Q. Besides external stimuli or internal thoughts that may trigger the memory to resurface. This question is mainly directed towards instances where there is no conscious stimuli/thought process that is associated with the memory and the memory suddenly appears seemingly out of nowhere. Is it perhaps controlled by the autonomic aspects of the nervous system like involuntary muscle movement? But if we can't identify what triggers them how do we know for sure something has to trigger it? Why can't it simply be a random misfire that happens to have be the neuron that the memory is stored in?
Asked by Nautica - Wed Oct 1 20:14:15 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. There has to be some sort of stimulus for anything to appear to the surface of our memory...hidden or not. Sometimes the stimuli is a sound, touch, smell, word, or sight that might be such a hidden trigger that it is unidentifiable. Sometimes it is actually a positive association even in regards to a negative memory (yes, it sounds bizarre). Swinging on the swings, smell of spaghetti, going to the fair, someone brushing my back, a car backfiring, thunderstorms... Sometimes it is a feeling within the body--like your stomach cramping. Maybe that is what you are getting at. Body memories suck. But even body memories have to be triggered by something. I guess a memory could be triggered by an involuntary twitch, but I don't think the… [cont.]
Answered by hopesclan - Fri Oct 3 04:06:53 2008

Has anyone thought of their own recipes for the magic bullet?
Q. We got a Magic Bullet thing, and we're starting to tire of the recipes we have now. I was wondering if anyone had thought of their own recipes to use in it.
Asked by United - Sun Feb 25 12:29:57 2007 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. i use mine evevrday creating different spreads and smoothies. i basically use mine as a grinder. use your creativity and make something up. (we only bought ours for making the frozen beverages!)
Answered by whiskeyflirt - Sun Feb 25 13:10:12 2007

What are two elements on the periodic table that would be thought to be compatible, but actually are?
Q. Are there any two elements are are commonly thought not to get along, but actually produce a compound that's beautiful or lovely or has a really unexpected reaction?
Asked by My Name Doesn't Fit Here - Sun Dec 9 14:36:12 2007 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Water and Fire or Wind and Ice
Answered by Casca - Mon Dec 10 15:27:05 2007

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  • Thought must be divided against itself before it can come to any knowledge of itself.
    • Aldous Huxley (1894–1963), English author. ‘Wordsworth in the Tropics’, Do What You Will (1929)
  • Thought is the seed of action; but action is as much its second form as thought is its first.
    • Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882), American essayist, poet and philosopher. ‘Art’, Society and Solitude (1870)
  • Thought is free.
    • William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist and poet. Maria, in Twelfth Night, Act 1, sc. 3, l. 69
  • Learning to see the structures within which we operate begins a process of freeing ourselves from previously unseen forces and ultimately mastering the ability to work with them and change them.
  • A thought is not a solid structure. It is liable to change over time.
    • David 'Dave' 'DJ-DAVI-C' Curtis
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See also:

  • Center for Consciousness Studies at the University of Arizona.Center for Consciousness Studies at the University of Arizona.
    consciousness.arizona.edu
    The main institutional center for Consciousness Studies. Host of the Tucson "Toward a Science of Consciousness" conferences, and periodically stages on-line courses on aspects of Consciousness Studies.
  • Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - The Turing TestStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - The Turing Test
    plato.stanford.edu
    Proposal due to Alan Turing for a criterion of the presence of mind or consciousness; by Graham Oppy and David Dowe.
  • SWIF Philosophy of MindSWIF Philosophy of Mind
    lgxserver.uniba.it
    Bibliographies by topic and author, event listings, online texts, new books (with links), and many links to online reference works, relevant institutions, journal home pages, and other sites.
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