Definition of thinking

Thinking is initially the generalization and indirect reaction process of human brain to objective things with the help of language . Thinking is based on perception and goes beyond the boundary of perception . Thinking in the usual sense , Involving all cognitive or intellectual activities . It explores and discovers the internal essential connection and regularity of things , It's an advanced stage in the process of cognition .

The indirect reflection of thinking on things , It means that it knows objective things through other media , And with the help of existing knowledge and experience , The known condition conjectures the unknown . The generality of thinking is manifested in its rejection of the non essential attributes of a class of things and its reflection of their common essential characteristics .

With the deepening of research , It was found that , Besides logical thinking , And image thinking 、 The existence of thought forms such as insight thinking . Logical thinking is also called abstract thinking , Image thinking is also called concrete thinking , Epiphany thinking is also called inspiration thinking .

In appearance 、 Based on the concept 、 comprehensive 、 Judge 、 The process of reasoning and other cognitive activities , Thinking is a unique spiritual activity of human beings

A spiritual activity peculiar to human beings , Take the external appearance 、 Concepts are analyzed 、 comprehensive 、 Judge 、 The process of cognitive activities such as reasoning . That is, the appearance of external being 、 Concept analysis 、 comprehensive 、 Judge 、 The cognitive process of reasoning is thinking .

Thinking is a series of complex mental operations on newly input information and stored knowledge and experience in the brain .

《 etymology 》 In the said ：“ Thinking is thinking 、 Thinking means .

Thinking department believes that , Thinking is that people accept information 、 Stored information 、 The process of processing information and outputting information , And it is a process of reflecting the objective reality in general , This is the information theory view of the essence of thinking .

From the essence of thinking , Thinking is the essential attribute of conscious human brain to objective reality 、 The internal laws are self-conscious 、 Indirect and general reflection .
Thinking is the rational stage of cognition , At this stage , On the basis of perceptual knowledge , Concept formation , And use it to form a judgment （ proposition ）、 Reasoning and argumentation .

Means rational knowledge , That is, thought ; Or the process of rational cognition , That is thinking . It is the human brain's indirect and generalized reflection of objective things .