> The existence of an "inner monologue" isn't really a falsifiable claim.
Another possibility is that inner-monologues (ones not forced by conscious effort) do exist, but are just a kind of false-memory, something one part of our brain generates after-the-fact to explain/document the outcome of another non-language part.
Kind of like how certain reflex-actions can occur before certain decision-making area of the brain light up, yet humans will believe that they sensed the event and made a thinking choice.
Another possibility is that inner-monologues (ones not forced by conscious effort) do exist, but are just a kind of false-memory, something one part of our brain generates after-the-fact to explain/document the outcome of another non-language part.
Kind of like how certain reflex-actions can occur before certain decision-making area of the brain light up, yet humans will believe that they sensed the event and made a thinking choice.