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Discover .Your .Mind New .Ideas .in .Psychology .and .Idealism

The Need for

a . Conceptual . Vocabulary

One reason that a person cannot explain his ideas adequately and lucidly is because he lacks a sufficient conceptual vocabulary that can identify the steps that he is taking, and links that he is making, within the mind. This is particularly appropriate to ideas about the psychic and the emotional natures of consciousness.

Sometimes such a vocabulary may not exist, and so a person needs to do a lot of reading about relevant phenomena in order to acquire information that appears to be suitable to such phenomena. Once sufficient information has been absorbed, then the person may begin to see patterns underlying all this information. These patterns are the first step towards making sense of apparently disparate phenomena. By giving names to these patterns the person is extending the range of ideas that is available for understanding the way that the mind works.

If you study hard enough then your soul will dangle hints and clues under your nose. When I constructed my psycho-analytical theory of consciousness, I had to construct my own conceptual vocabulary. I took ideas from Freud, Nietzsche, and others, generated some ideas of my own, and then melded all of them into a consistent theory. But it was very hard work.

 

Ian Heath
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