Human thinking can be divided into two main dimensions: Rational and Emotional thinking. Rational thinking, as a means of practicing logic, the treasures of reason, and the gifts of judgment, creates opportunities for scientific developments, intellectual discoveries, and increased self-awareness. In your perspective, what are the components of rational thinking?
Rational thinking or deliberation has an emotional (affective/conative) component which provides the motivation for reasoning towards a conclusion. Also see my answer here:
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Being_emotional_while_being_logical_as_a_beginner_in_research
Thank you for your response. Logic is an important component of rational thinking, fostering critical reasoning and structured understanding of reality.
From the gathering of sense data to the interpretation of these sense data in the passive intellect, both man and some higher animals can do so. But the ability to form correct propositions from these stored data, and check to make sure these propositions conform to reality is what only a rational man can do. Animals will store sense data and end up following their inclinations about what they have sensed.
Thank you for your response. While animals do have some perceptual abilities, their cognitive capacities are fundamentally different from humans. The data they accumulate, doesn't include the psycho-social, linguistic, and neurological complexities as the human cognition.
Yes, you are right; the ability to perform such functions is only limited to rational animals. That does not mean animals lack a complete sense of togetherness, language, and certain mental capacities that are found in man but in animals in a lesser sense. I think the bottom line is still this: our ability to understand what is good for us according to our nature and going after this identified good is what underlies our rationality.
To me, Amalya Sukiasyan , rational thinking consists of following key elements:
In addition, the ability to consider different viewpoints and to engage with opposing ideas, in order to deepen our understanding and to refine our thinking.
Stephen I. Ternyik, thank you for your insights. It's true that rational thinking consists of various components, which reflect the cognitive, psychological, and philosophical dimensions of the human intellect. Intellectual curiosity challenges the mind, fosters ideological explorations, and broadens the realm of knowledge. Critical evaluation, logical analysis, and neurolinguistic programming contribute to the enhancement of rational thinking.
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