Thought as a System

Thought as a System
by David Bohm

Thought as a System
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Author: David Bohm
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1994-12-01
ISBN: 0415110300
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Routledge

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Book Review: Perceiving the false with David Bohm
Summary: 5 Stars

In this remarkable book, Bohm demonstates the falseness of concepts such as "I" and "me", and how these concepts are the inevitable product of a system - the system of thought - that is created when thought is allowed to dominate consciousness and produce all the incoherence and dysfunction we experience in a culture where it is implicitly assumed that thought is the only means of perceiving reality. The process Bohm uses in the book is a dialogue with a group of 30 or so people. As was the case with his friend Krishnamurti, Bohm avoids assuming a position of authority since this would be to fall into the trap of thought and the authoritarianism inherent in the illusory - but to the system of thought necessary - concept of "I" as "thinker". Instead Bohm creates and sustains a dialogue with the people in the group through group reflection. Bohm hints at something transcending thought but does not attempt to define the undefineable. Rather the dialogue demonstrates the falseness of the idea of thought and "thinker" as the means of perceiving the real thus aiding the participants to open to what may lie beyond thought.

Summary of Thought as a System

In Thought as a System, best-selling author David Bohm explores the role of thought and knowledge at every level of human affairs, from our private reflections on personal identity to our collective efforts to fashion a tolerable civilization.

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