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Originally Posted by truncated
Of course it's circular, which is why it renders most of the questions proposed moot.
Though I would disagree with your division of the expression of thoughts and feelings. One of your earlier posts did in fact intertwine, if not equate, thoughts and feelings. I would argue that one cannot distinguish between thoughts and feelings anyhow; either can be the product of the other, and given our limits of comprehension of the (for want of a better term) "thought process" of not only other creatures we deem less sentient, but even other humans, there is no way one could definitively make the distinction between thoughts and feelings, much less understand the nature of either. Similarly, why would music necessarily be a "primal" form of communication? Would that not conflict with the notion that music is a means of communicating thoughts or emotions too complex for mere words? Which is not to say that I disagree with the idea of music being primal, but upon examination, all attempts to define and juxtapose these terms and definitions negate one another.
I would expound upon the function of feelings in evolution, but there's a werewolf movie on TV now. YES!
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by primal I implied a feeling which is felt with no accompanying thought, judgment or value. For example, what is the quantitative explanation of "happy"? How do you describe the feeling of being happy? Or the feelings which accompany thoughts or ideas? Music is a good example, what words or thoughts describe some of the feelings that you get when listening to it? That is what I meant by primal, to instinctive to describe with words or concepts, which must simply be
experienced. Enjoy the werewolf flick, I am rather fond of the Howling series myself, I especially like the cheese.