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Tallis in Wonderland

Thinking About Thinking

Raymond Tallis reflexes his mind muscle.

Philosophers spend much of their time thinking. Sometimes they think about thinking itself. But thinking about thought is a strange business. It should be impossible, like trying to navigate a stream in a boat made out of water.

We most often characterize thinking as ‘inner speech’.

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