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Hi all. I'm one of those people Terry mentions who thinks visually. Indeed, I've found that since I recognized about myself, I find I'm not only able to think better, but I can also /write/ better, because now I know that I use language only to communicate the picture in my head. I don't deny that many - perhaps most - people think with language. But that there exist others (like me) tells me that there's something more fundamental, which underlies both language and visualization as thinking modes. Cheers. Fil 2009/9/24 Terence Love <[log in to unmask]> > Dear Erik and Klaus, > > I'm aware some people look inside themselves and all they see is language. > Perhaps some people do everything through language. > Certainly some people claim they do everything through language. > I've also read some people say they do their designing visually. > > Some of us do not use language for everything. > We can stop using language like stopping using 'thinking'. > That means that language isn't a necessary and sufficient component of > designing. > It means, epistemologically, it doesn't make sense to make language the > essential core of theories of design. > > An alternative - perhaps this would satisfy you - is to say that language > is > the basis for designing for those for whom language is the basis for their > designing: others not. > > Best wishes, > Terry > > -----Original Message----- > Erik: > Dear Klaus, > Thanks for a great post. I agree with your view on language. > -- Filippo A. Salustri, Ph.D., P.Eng. Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Ryerson University 350 Victoria St, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada Tel: 416/979-5000 ext 7749 Fax: 416/979-5265 Email: [log in to unmask] http://deseng.ryerson.ca/~fil/