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The act of reasoning.

- abstract t. t. in terms of concepts and general principles ( e.g., perceiving a table and a chair as furniture), as contrasted with concrete t..

- archaic-paralogical t. SYN: prelogical t..

- concrete t. t. of objects or ideas as specific items rather than as an abstract representation of a more general concept, as contrasted with abstract t. ( e.g., perceiving a chair and a table as individual useful items and not as members of the general class, furniture).

- creative t. productive t., with novel rather than routine elements and results.

- magical t. the irrational equating of t. with doing.

- prelogical t. a concrete type of t., characteristic of children and primitives, to which schizophrenic persons are sometimes said to regress. SYN: archaic-paralogical t., prelogical mind.

- t. through the psychologic process of understanding, with insight, one's own behavior.