[lit-ideas] Re: Do ideas exist before being articulated?
- From: "John McCreery" <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 22:42:28 +0900
On 10/15/07, Julie Krueger <juliereneb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Have you ever had an idea you had a good deal of trouble putting into
> words, explaining to someone? An intuitive kind of idea? An "aha" moment?
Again, of course. That's what I would say if I weren't thinking clearly.
When I am, I notice that the "aha!" is the first step in the post-hoc
rationalization that assumes the idea was there in the first place. It is
that assumption that is at issue here.
John
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