Question:
It is my view that we can, and to demonstrate this I adduce someone whocannot express complex concepts perhaps because of a brain lesion. Arewe to say that this person cannot think the things they used to? Isuffer from a personal foible (I hesitate to call it a condition) I callnominal aphasia - I simply cannot recall the words I *know* I want touse to express what I think.

But your brain still has to store and access the concept in some way--I'msuggesting it's a weighted sum of other concepts and words that youdo have immediate access to.

What's your opinions???

Answer: The ability to think is an illusion without language? I think we mighthave to define some terms here. I am not arguing for inner qualia butthe ability to reason, problem solve, develop concepts and use them. Wehave sufficient evidence that thinking occurs in humans prior tolanguage and it can be later expressed once language is learned

I think you are begging the question (all right! Committing a petitio!Sheesh) here. In any case it is not immediately apparent to me that westore memories in terms of words. In fact from what I have read,memories are stored non-linguistically and indeed non visually/aurally,etc.