"I think – therefore, I exist" - Descartes claimed. Really, the ability to comprehend reality distinguishes the person from other mammals, gives him the chance to realize the existence as the unique personality. But from where thoughts undertake?
Instruction
1. It is possible to learn from dictionaries that the thought is an end or intermediate result of activity of reason, an element of process of thinking. Unfortunately, it definition does not clear up, but at least allows to systematize data several. Researches of psychologists led to a conclusion that only thoughts are a noticeable part of process of thinking therefore are allocated with consciousness, unlike subconscious components of the same process.
2. Emergence of any given thought can be result of perception of reality, associative communications, sensual feelings, emotional experiences and subconscious reactions. Anyway, having arisen, the thought finds figurativeness as the person differs in figurative thinking. What you would not think of, you always imagine a certain image, but not an abstract word. After this image is created, it is located in so-called short-term memory which is called still imagination. In this to "a moneybox of images" thoughts are combined and intertwine, often generating absolutely unexpected conclusions.
3. It is quite difficult to understand own thinking because people, as a rule, think not linearly and consistently, and are capable to keep in mind several thoughts at once. You can reflect on the read article, want to eat or drink, experience cold – and all this at the same time. However if to understand a source of each of these thoughts, it will become clear that generated it, a question only in how to separate one image from another.
4. Here logical thinking which differs in the strict sequence in a formulation of prerequisites and the investigations, with forming of a chain of reasonings can come to the rescue. By the way, restoring such chains upside-down, it is possible to reach an initial thought. Examples of such "return" thinking can be found in detective stories by Edgar Poe.