thinking
Let an agent explain thinking as a mental process, relay research on reasoning, problem solving and judgement from cognitive science sources with attribution, describe kinds of thinking, and distinguish thinking from perception, memory, intuition and the misfiled aliases.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What thinking is.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is thinking, and how does it differ from perception, memory, intuition and the misfiled aliases? definition
- Is the question about psychology, philosophy, a kind of thinking or a misfiled alias? boundary
Kinds
Kinds.
Kinds
Kinds.
- What are reasoning, problem solving, critical, creative and reflective thinking? definition
- Which entry fits the specific kind? action
Science Cognitive science.
Theories
Theories.
Theories
Theories.
- What do dual-process and other theories say about thinking, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Biases
Biases.
Biases
Biases.
- What biases and heuristics affect thinking, as research reports? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Philosophy Philosophy.
Mind
Philosophy of mind.
Mind
Mind.
- How do philosophers treat thought, reason and the relation of thinking to language? provenance
- Which entry fits philosophy of mind? action
Education
Education.
Education
Education.
- How is critical thinking taught and assessed? provenance
- Which entry fits critical thinking? action
Context Machines and registry note.
Machines
Machine thinking.
Machines
Machines.
- How is thinking modelled in artificial intelligence, and what is debated, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits artificial intelligence? action
Aliases
Misfiled aliases.
Aliases
Aliases.
- Why are scalage, curvature, interpretation, rendition and rendering not senses of thinking? provenance
- Which entry fits each? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Information and virtual systems
- Entry kind
- noun.cognition
- Plane
- INF
- Domain
- INF.KNW
- Facets: substance
- information
- Facets: origin
- conceptual
- Facets: agency
- inert
- Facets: mobility
- not-applicable
- Facets: scale
- not-applicable
- Facets: affordances
- readable
- Other names and narrower kinds
- scalage, curvature, interpretation, interpreting, rendition, rendering, broad interpretation, judicial activism, thought, thought process, cerebration, intellection
What it is Filled
In the WordNet sense, the process of using the mind to consider something carefully, cognition directed at a problem, question or idea, studied in psychology and philosophy as reasoning, problem solving, judgement and reflection; the registry aliases scalage, curvature, interpretation, interpreting, rendition and rendering are unrelated WordNet nouns that appear to have been attached by mistake and are not senses of thinking.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain thinking as a mental process, relay research on reasoning, problem solving and judgement from cognitive science sources with attribution, describe kinds of thinking, and distinguish thinking from perception, memory, intuition and the misfiled aliases.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Deliberate
- Higher cognition
- Many kinds
- Misfiled aliases
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Claim to read or know a person's thoughts.
- Use techniques that manipulate a person's reasoning against their interests.
- Present an agent's own processing as human thought.
- Judge a person's intelligence or mental capacity without a qualified assessment.
Only with a human decision
- Any decision about a person's mental capacity.
May
- Explain how psychology and philosophy describe thinking and reasoning.
- Help a person structure their own reasoning when they ask for it.
Moral aspects Filled
- Freedom of thought is a basic right; influence over it must be honest.
- Ideas of who thinks well have been used to exclude people.
Who is affected
- Users
- Students
- People with cognitive disabilities
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns it; each person holds their own thinking.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- oewn-05778661-n - registry parent class
related
- higher cognitive process - in WordNet terms
- cognitive psychology - and philosophy of mind
- intuition - fast automatic judgement
- problem solving - a directed form
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.thinking
- Open English WordNet: oewn-05778923-n
- WordNet: oewn-05778661-n the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- WordNet hypernym: higher cognitive process note
- dual-process theory: System 1 and System 2 note - Kahneman and others
- registry aliases: misfiled note
Plane INF: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Careful mental consideration
- Reasoning, problem solving, judgement, reflection, critical and creative thinking
- Perception senses; memory stores; intuition is fast and automatic; the misfiled aliases concern measurement, geometry and translation
- Not a visible object; a mental process.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the process
- relay research
- describe kinds
- distinguish related processes
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Registry aliases attached in error
- Cognitive biases in thinking
- Confusing thinking with intuition or perception
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- No regulation
Context of use required Filled
- Not applicable; a mental process.
- reasoning and logical thinking
- problem solving
- critical thinking
- creative thinking
- reflective and metacognitive thinking
- deliberation and judgement
Sources Filled
- Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-05778923-n - sense and gloss of the concept
- Wiktionary: thinking - word senses and usage
Open questions
- Should the misfiled aliases be removed?
- How should cognitive science sources be linked?
- The registry aliases scalage, curvature, interpretation, interpreting, rendition and rendering are unrelated and should be detached
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-thinking/spec.json