Nature of Thought

Nature of Thought

Kyle Butler

PHL/251

August 25, 2010

Peter Boghossian

Nature of Thought

In an attempt to describe the nature of thought, many descriptions and definitions come to my mind. I have, in the past, thought about where my thoughts first originated, and truthfully, I cannot recall the first and exact moment. I think that it is the “what, why, when, where and how,” of my first ability to think. I believe that, as an infant, my family trained or conditioned me to act and react a certain way, speak a language a certain way and do physical activities a certain way, or at least similar to their actions. In addition to continual development, I believe that there is possibly a cosmic energy that allowed my brain to begin to retain knowledge through repetitive actions and words. Like any other figure in nature, the figure possibly begins life with innocence, and gradually develops through teachings from an already- conditioned figure.

As I continued to grow and observe my experienced mentors, otherwise known as my family and peers, I began to notice that I had remembered much more about certain things, more in-depth than other people. I would think about the topic at hand, follow it with questioning the significance it had to my life, or why it mattered to me. Then I would transition into a, what I describe as a dimensional area of my thoughts and wonder what made me think about this topic in the first place, how it applied to my interest, why it was so significant to think about it; when and where it would reoccur or resurface. All of these thoughts and dimensions came to me at a very young age, enabling me to become lost in my thoughts, which, many other individuals perceived me as a daydreamer, and not listening nor observing their information, sometimes resulting in unpleasant disciplinary measure. Over time, could control my thoughts, allowing my mind to wonder, only when appropriate, deep into a dimension of thought. With this...