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Thought

Thought, or thinking, is a cognitive process in which the mind considers, creates, or manipulates ideas, representations, or information. Core forms include judging, reasoning, concept formation, problem solving, and deliberation.

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Thought

Nodes174
Edges173
Triples231
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.011494
Components1

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related to Further reading · 36
Thought → Amazon Publishing, Anil, Bayne, Cognition, Daigle, Douglas, Evelina Fedorenko, Fields, Gary, Herbert, Human Thought, ISBN, John, Light, March, Massachusetts Institute, Models, Myelin, Nature, Neuroscientists
related to Laws of thought · 15
Thought → According, Aristotle, Dialetheists, Gödel's, Metaphysical, Modern, On, One, Russell's, The, There, These, This, Traditionally, While
related to Associationism · 14
Thought → According, An, But, For, Idaho, In, It, One, Russia, The, There, These, This, Various
related to Entertaining, judging, and reasoning · 14
Thought → According, Brentano, Franz Brentano, Important, In, It, On, Other, Some, The, Thinking, This, Various, When
related to Deliberation and decision · 13
Thought → According, Based, Decision, Decisions, Deliberation, Each, In, It, On, The, They, This, Various
related to Computationalism · 12
Thought → According, But, Computationalist, Functionalist, In, Instead, On, Representationalism, The, These, This, Turing
related to Inner speech theory · 12
Thought → But, Critics, Daydreaming, English, French, If, Inner, Some, Such, The, This, Three
related to Aristotelianism and conceptualism · 11
Thought → According, Aristotelianism, Conceptualism, For, In, Instead, It, Platonism, The, Unlike, While
related to Concept formation · 11
Thought → According, Concept, Concepts, For, It, On, Someone, The, There, They, This
related to Psychology · 11
Thought → Cognitive, Gestalt, In, It, Jean Piaget, Kurt Koffka, Max Wertheimer, Psychologists, The, They, Wolfgang Köhler

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Thoughtis asame as having a disposition to behave in a certain way0.90text
Thoughtis aparadigmatic form of thinking and is often the focus of the corresponding research0.90text
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neuroscienceinstance ofand fields0.80text
artificial intelligenceinstance ofand fields0.80text
biologyinstance ofand fields0.80text
and sociology also investigate different aspects of thoughtinstance ofand fields0.80text
considering an ideainstance ofThis includes activities0.80text
evaluating a propositioninstance ofThis includes activities0.80text
or making a judgementinstance ofThis includes activities0.80text
judginginstance ofconceptual or linguistic processes0.80text
inferringinstance ofconceptual or linguistic processes0.80text

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