Thought Structure
All arguments represent a specific thought.
It could give you a insight into an individual logic
Thoughts cannot be directly proven or disproven scientifically, but the associated brain activities can be measured. Thoughts are the essence of our being and activities. This influences the argumentation.
One can also refer to it as:
- Mindset
- Way of thinking
- Attitude
- Thoughts
- Train of thought
- Thought structure
- Mental attitude
- Belief
- Belief systems
- Manifest
- Mentality
- Mindset
- Morals
- Conviction
- Subconscious
- Imagination
- Values
- etc.
When you have a particular thought, it will also influence your action.
I will present thought structures in the form of sentences, phrases, and texts and give my opinion on them.
I will also try to create this mathematically. I was inspired by propositional logic.
Of course, context plays an important role, and a sentence can have different meanings in different situations.
Let’s illustrate this with two examples.
Example 1:
The universe will give me everything I want
Inaction + Wanting = Getting
This thought means that if one wants something very badly, they will get it. It also means that the person doesn’t have to do anything because they will get everything they want.
Something magical will come to them, like a person who helps them, or a phone call that fulfills their dream.
This thought is wishful thinking and irrational.
Many people in war want to survive and go home but die instead.
In my opinion, this is an excuse to protect oneself and not admit that one is simply afraid or lazy.
I would suggest thinking the following:
I try to do everything to get what I want.
Trying + Wanting + Doing = Getting
Inaction + Wanting = Nothing
Example 2:
If I want something, I have to do it myself. The universe will help me in the process.
Doing + Wanting = Getting
This thought makes sense, but one forgets that they can also fail. Since nothing is mentioned about failure, this thought can be depressing if one fails repeatedly.
I like this thought, but I would suggest the following:
I try to do everything to get what I want.
Trying + Doing = Maybe Success
And if one wants a higher success rate, one can think:
If I try something 100 times, I will most probably be successful.
Trying*100 + Doing = Most probably Success
By *(multiplication), I mean that this thing has been done that many times.
But the success or goal should be rational and possible, something that is not supernatural, like bringing the dead back to life.
Problems
It is not always clear, and one can quickly fall into a fallacy.
Thoughts can linger in the mind permanently or be temporary.
Sometimes one has a thought only in a particular moment and never again, for example, when one is emotional or stressed. It is very dependent on the context and situation.