Correspondence Joshua Rasmussen, Department of Philosophy, Azusa Pacific University, 701 E Foothill Blvd, Azusa, CA 91702. Email: jrasmus1@gmail.com Abstract We uncover a surprising discovery about the basis of thoughts. We begin by giving some plausible axioms about thoughts and their grounds. We then deduce a theorem, which has dramatic ramifications for the basis of all thoughts. The theorem implies that thoughts cannot come deterministically from any purely “thoughtless” states. We expect this result to be too dramatic for many philosophers. Hence, we proceed to investigate the prospect of giving up the axioms. We show that each axiom's negation itself has dramatic consequences that should be of interest to philosophers of mind. Our proof of the theorem provides a new guiderail for thinking about the nature and origin of thoughts.

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如何建立思想

通讯 Joshua Rasmussen，Azusa Pacific University 哲学系，701 E Foothill Blvd, Azusa, CA 91702。电子邮件：jrasmus1@gmail.com 摘要 我们发现了一个关于思想基础的惊人发现。我们首先给出一些关于思想及其根据的合理公理。然后我们推导出一个定理，它对所有思想的基础都有戏剧性的影响。该定理暗示思想不能确定性地来自任何纯粹“无思想”的状态。我们预计这个结果对许多哲学家来说过于戏剧化。因此，我们继续研究放弃公理的前景。我们表明，每个公理的否定本身都会产生戏剧性的后果，这应该是心灵哲学家感兴趣的。我们对定理的证明为思考思想的本质和起源提供了新的指导方针。