> "Thinking" is the practice of thought.
Oh, is that what you meant when you said "my first touch will still be sub-par."?
> I personally don't consider "reading a fact in a book" or "associating sounds to concepts" as "thinking" in the terms of the upthread conversation, but you clearly do.
I don't think you can learn philosophy without learning a language. I don't think you can learn the scientific method without first learning some scientific facts.
Please elaborate, where would you draw the line between facts+language, and "reasoning"?
"Thinking" is the practice of thought.
To be honest, I thought (eh) we were talking about "thinking" as "reasoning" (and mostly in an original sense).
Obviously if you redefine the concept as "having any thought whatsoever", then anything goes. I personally don't consider "reading a fact in a book" or "associating sounds to concepts" as "thinking" in the terms of the upthread conversation, but you clearly do.
I don't think (eh) we can agree on much in this conversation given the premises.