Define the essence of thinking and show how it differs from the mind (intellect)

Thinking is productive ability of imagination. Productive ability of imagination is a cognitive human activity. It is an indirect way and generalized reflection of reality. The result is the idea of thinking (the concept, the meaning of the idea). Many philosophers have called the essential feature of human thinking. So Descartes stated, "I think, therefore I exist." Pascal called man a thinking reed.

The mind is a set of cognitive faculties including consciousness, perception, thinking, judgement, and memory. It is usually defined as the faculty of an entity's thoughts and consciousness. It holds the power of imagination, recognition, and appreciation, and is responsible for processing feelings and emotions, resulting in attitudes and actions.

There is a lengthy tradition in philosophy, religion, psychology, and cognitive science about what constitutes a mind and what are its distinguishing properties.

The evolution of human intelligence refers to several theories that aim to describe how human intelligence has evolved in relation to the evolution of the human brain and theorigin of language.

Intelligence productive calculation ability (or costing) productive ability of calculation (from the Latin intellectus -. Sensation, perception, understanding, understanding of the concept, reason) - the quality of the mind, consisting of the ability to adapt to new situations, understanding and use of abstract concepts and the use of their knowledge for environmental management.

The parameters that form the distinctive features of human intellectual system include:

• the amount of working memory, the ability to predict, tool use, logic, tiered (6 layer neurons) hierarchy system selection