What is consciousness? Frankly, it’s the most unanswered question containing to the brain. Consciousness is defined as a state of awareness of ourselves and of the world around us. A persons consciousness can consist of whatever their aware of at that particular point of time. It can be thoughts, feelings, sensations, and/or perceptions of the world. Better yet consciousness is described as a stream of thoughts. To William James, or better known as the father of American psychology, consciousness is not a fixed state or a collection of disconnected thoughts and experiences but rather it is a continuous process of thinking in which one thought flows into another (Nevid, J.S. (2009). Essentials of psychology concepts and applications (2nd ed.). Boston: Houghton Mifflin). What is a thought? A thought is the process of thinking, or the power to imagine. Thought and consciousness are very compatible, the mean quite the same thing. To think or to have a thought is the same as being in a state of consciousness.
What is an idea? An idea is defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary, as “a plan for action; something imagined or pictured in the mind; a central meaning or purpose, concept, conception, notion, impression”. When one thinks of an idea and thoughts, you don’t think of it meaning the same, you think of them as two different words meaning completely different things. However, they may have differences but more importantly they are very well-matched. The definition of idea mentions that it’s an imagine or picture in the mind, which is quite similar to the definition of a thought. When I put these two concepts together I think of the thought being the initial result and then the idea. The idea to me is taking on the action of the thought, so a thought would need to occur before action could take place (idea).
Thoughts, ideas, feelings, sensations, and/or perceptions are feed through electric signals through the brain. Those electric signals let humans know what emotions, thoughts, or sensations there having at that particular time. We all experience this on a daily basis, it’s just no one realizes it. I think its human nature to be questionable, let alone to process ideas and thoughts. If humans did not do that then people wouldn’t experience anything or have knowledge on anything. Humans are inquisitive and creative, besides electric signals it is just the way humans were created, it’s a superior gift.
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