Thinking Explored

By Ranasinghe, Shelton

Book Id: WPLBN0100302363
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Reproduction Date: 4/19/2020

Title:	Thinking Explored
Author:	Ranasinghe, Shelton
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Non Fiction, Philosophy
Collections:	Authors Community, United States
Historic Publication Date:	2020
Publisher:	Shelton Ranasinghe

Member Page:	Shelton Ranasinghe
Citation APA MLA Chicago Ranasinghe, B. S. (2020). Thinking Explored. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
This essay takes a stab at the difficult question of “What is thinking?” I am using simple logic construed in a methodical manner to answer this question. As we read through, we will inquire deep into the subject of thinking, and develop a schematic model for “thinking”. Then we will make refinements to the model with enhancing the clarity of our logic. Towards the end, we will check whether the model that we create, could stand for wider application of thinking scenarios. Also, we will merge our model with the core thinking concepts suggested by Nobel Prize winner Dr. Daniel Kahneman, to perceive further understanding of this profound question.

Summary
A refreshingly simplified examination unraveling the mysteries of the brain and thinking process. Considering the complexity of the subject it is great that the presentation is utterly interesting, instructive and easy to read.

Excerpt
Can babies think from day one? According to neuroscientists, the brain cell networks go through an enormous progression of connections, disconnections and re-connections in the cell circuitries during the first few years of our lives. The scientific literature explains what parts of the brains responsible for what functions and what parts of the brain get subject to rapid development in infants. But this essay doesn’t cover, such details, as its main intention is to explore the basic fundamentals of brain’s working in a 50,000-foot level, rather than inclining to cover allied anatomical intricacies.

Table of Contents
• What is thinking? • Can babies think from day one? • Does an infant know how to think? • Thinking model in a diagrammatic form • Leaping Further into Thinking Process • What happens in the thinking process, when there are no inputs? • Debating on the realistic and artificial nature of inputs • Why is thinking process so complicated to understand? • What does the 6th stream of input impact ones’ life? • By the age of 4 to 5 yrs. • Interesting facts on dream state and wakeful state • Categorization of thinking streams • What is Mind? • Can hypnosis be explained using our model? • Does the brain run all the programs the way we like them to run? • Is there a thinker of the thoughts? • Is “self” an illusion? • Other books by the author