Is there any evidence for thinking?

[taghavi]

Is there any evidence for thinking?

My friend was born disabled. She is deaf and she's not able to speak. She doesn't have hands to write her thoughts. She is also blind. How can I recognize the ideas or something engaging in her mind? Does she have any mind? Or if it is so, does she have anything called thinking in her mind? She might be a wonderful phenomenon to keep the best opinions in her brain. How can I pull out her thinking from a place stores information? It's too difficult to draw a picture of her soul. I am not able to prove any evidence for having a lot of things playing in a brain of a person is blind, deaf, and handicap at the same time.

[taghavi]

Do you mind editing this?

[taghavi]

Thank for your reading

[Ann1977]

Is there any evidence for thinking?
How Can I Tell What My Friend Is Thinking?

My friend was born disabled.
(this is fine)

She is deaf and she's not able to speak.
(this is fine)

She doesn't have hands to write her thoughts.
She has no hands, so she is unable to write.

She is also blind.
(this is fine)

How can I recognize the ideas or something engaging in her mind?
How can I tell what is in her mind?

Does she have any mind?
Does she have what we call a "mind?"

Or if it is so, does she have anything called thinking in her mind?
Does she do what we call "thinking?"

She might be a wonderful phenomenon to keep the best opinions in her brain.
Her ideas and opinions might be wonderful.

How can I pull out her thinking from a place stores information?
How can I get to her thinking from where it is stored in her mind?

It's too difficult to draw a picture of her soul.
(This is fine grammatically)
DEAR STUDENT: It is not clear what this sentence means.

I am not able to prove any evidence for having a lot of things playing in a brain of a person is blind, deaf, and handicap at the same time.
I can't find any evidence for the existence of "thinking" in the brain of a person who is blind, deaf, and handicapped.

DEAR STUDENT:
> You have not made the purpose or function of this passage clear.

> If you are entirely unable to communicate with this person, then "friend" is the wrong word.

> The way a person behaves can provide a clue to the thoughts they cannot express. If this person acts like a rational being, you can assume that her thoughts are rational and human.

> Helen Keller was a real child in just this circumstance. When she was finally taught how to communicate (with sign language), she revealed a splendid mind.
Helen Keller - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[taghavi]

Hello,
Thanks for your reading and editing my passage.

How could I get to her thinking, If this "friend" was my sister? Sister is a member of my family.
Helen Keller had hands, but this friend has no hands.

I mean looking for the way of thinking in such these people.

[vananh90]

Originally Posted by taghavi

Hello,
Thanks for your reading and editing my passage.

How could I get to her thinking, If this "friend" was my sister? Sister is a member of my family.
Helen Keller had hands, but this friend has no hands.

I mean looking for the way of thinking in such these people.

your short paragraph made me confused.I also wondered how she could communicate with people and how she could live in such a state!

[Raymott]

Originally Posted by taghavi

Is there any evidence for thinking?

My friend was born disabled. She is deaf and she's not able to speak. She doesn't have hands to write her thoughts. She is also blind. How can I recognize the ideas or something engaging in her mind? Does she have any mind? Or if it is so, does she have anything called thinking in her mind? She might be a wonderful phenomenon to keep the best opinions in her brain. How can I pull out her thinking from a place stores information? It's too difficult to draw a picture of her soul. I am not able to prove any evidence for having a lot of things playing in a brain of a person is blind, deaf, and handicap at the same time.

You could get an electroencephalograph (EEG). That would show if she was brain dead or not. I guess if she breathing and moving around, she isn't. If she's lying in bed comatose, she could be. No doubt there are some brain scans, such as PET that might help to determine if there was brain activity. But I doubt you'll ever get to know what she is thinking.
There's a medical condition called "locked in syndrome", which could refer to her.
Locked-in syndrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
If you're presenting this as a philosophical problem, the answer is: you can't know what she's thinking, or even if she's thinking at all. This was the case of a woman a few years ago in Florida who's family were battling over turning off her life support.
Terri Schiavo case - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Karen Ann Quinlan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[taghavi]

Hello,
Thank you so much for your help.
Stay healthy

[taghavi]

Yes, you are right. "I can't know what she is thinking", however, she may be thinking. But I have no evidence to prove such this possiblity. Weakness of my mind as a perfect human being would not be able to do that. Here, having a deficiency is a significant problem of me.
Do you agree with me?

[Raymott]

Originally Posted by taghavi

Yes, you are right. "I can't know what she is thinking", however, she may be thinking. But I have no evidence to prove such this possiblity. Weakness of my mind as a perfect human being would not be able to do that. Here, having a deficiency is a significant problem of me.
Do you agree with me?

I'm not sure. I don't understand your last two sentences.