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Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  .This section is about ways of thinking of any subject.  ---  1/24/2006


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  .This section is not methods of thinking.  This section is thinking about aspects of x.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  (1) Abstract and x.  (A) X in general.  (B) Specific types of x.  (C) Specific actual x's.  (D) Theories on x.  (E) Abstract thoughts on x.  (F) Ideas on x.  (2) Practice of x.  (A) Actual x.  (B) Applied x.  (C) Most practical information on x.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  (1) Best, good, bad, worst ideas on x.  (2) Best current theoretical and factual arguments attacking or defending x or views of x.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  (1) Causes of x.  Helpers, promoters vs. hurters, hinderers.  (2) Effects of x.  (A) Ramifications, implications.  (B) Influences of x.  (C) Positive effects of x, and negative effects of x.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  (1) Costs vs. benefits.  (2) Drawbacks.  (3) Losses vs. gains.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  (1) Current best bibliography of x (state of the art).  (2) Classic best bibliography of x (historical).  ---  3/23/1999


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  (1) Current best ideas on x, and who developed them.  (2) Current controversies about theories and facts of x.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  (1) Factors, elements, components.  (2) Variables, constants.  (3) Principles.  (4) Methods, techniques, tools.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  (1) Individual, school, or styles view on (2) Subject, issue/problem/questions, view/conclusion/answer, argument/evidence.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  (1) Logic of x.  (2) Structure and function.  Anatomy and physiology.  Elements and mechanism.  (3) Related subjects to x: philosophy; psychology and sociology; politics and law; science and technology; economics and business; history, current and future; work and leisure; the arts.  (4) Five W's: who, what, when, where, why.  (5) The view of experts on x.  The view of the masses on x.  ---  6/16/2004


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  (1) Mainstream views on x.  Currently generally accepted theories on x.  (2) Far out views on x.  (3) Old views on x: still good vs. outdated.  (4) Cutting edge views on x.  Current unanswered questions on x.  Current big debates on x.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  (1) Powers and abilities of x vs. limitations of x.  (2) Advantages of x vs. disadvantages of x.  (3) Truth about x vs. lies about x.  (4) Practical vs. academic.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  (1) Proof of x.  (2) Explanations of x.  X simply put (2 minute explanation).  X completely put (full explanation).  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  (1) Put x in historical context.  (2) Put x in logical context.  (3) Put x in importance context.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  (1) Study of x.  Ideas on x: philosophy, science, folk.  (2) Study of x.  Best directions: knowns vs. unknowns.  Degrees certainty vs. uncertainty.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  (1) What do we/i know about x, and not know about x?  (2) What do we/i need to know about x, and not need to know?  (3) What can we/i use knowledge about x for?  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  (1) What.  What is x, and also what x is not.  (2) Why.  Why do x (pro), and also why not to do x (contra).  ---  3/30/1998


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  (1) Wrong views on x.  Why they are wrong?  Who held them?  Mildly wrong to very wrong.  (2) Better views on x.  Why they are right?  Who held them?  Better to best views.  ---  3/23/1999


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  Classification and x.  (1) Types of x.  (2) Branches of x.  (3) Super-classes.  (4) Sub-classes.  How can you break down x.  Similarities and differences.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  Conception of x.  All your present and past ideas on x determines your attitude on x.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  Criticism of x.  (1) Criticisms of x (different from pros and cons).  (2) Criticism of ideas on x.  (3) Criticism of x: analysis and judgment.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  Criticism of x.  For any idea about x, what is the important critical literature, of assent and dissent, qualification and refinement.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  Decisions on x.  Most important goals on x.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  Elements and principles.  Factors and variables.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  Elements, principles, fundamentals.  ---  2/10/2005


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  For all questions: reasons why, by perspective, prioritized.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  For any subject area.  Is it a relatively simple or complex subject area?  (2) Have we figured out all, or most, or a little, or none of it?  ---  09/28/1993


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  For science, philosophy, technology, art, etc.  (1) Whose doing the best current work on subject x in fact and theory?  (2) How do we know they're the best?  (3) Who did the best past work?  (4) How do we know?  (5) Arguments and evidence.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  History by period, geographic area, subject or style.  Who, what, when, where, how.  Theory (philosophy, science, tech) and practice (methods).  ---  06/30/1996


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  How can we measure x?  What useful experiments could we do?  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  How many views on x are there?  How do they criticize each other?  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  How.  (1) How do x?  (2) How learn or study x?  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  Hypotheticals and x.  (1) What would the world be like without x?  (2) Imagine what any other forms of x might be like.  How would it affect individual, society, and nature?  (3) What will future x be like?  ---  08/10/1993


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  Ideals, problems, and techniques.  (1) Ideal x.  (A) What is the ideal x?  (2) Problems of x.  (A) Problems, symptoms, causes, effects.  (B) Courses (etiology).  (C) Rates of occurrence (epidemiology).  (D) Therapies: what do, how it works, why it works.  (E) Most important problems on x and why, by perspective.  (F) Most common problems.  Most costly problems.  (G) Most important mistakes about x.  Being made, capable of being made.  How to avoid making them.  (3) Techniques for x.  (A) Most important solutions, cures, therapies.  (B) How best to deal with x, and why?  (C) Easiest, cheapest, most effective.  (D) How well solution works.  Strengths, pros, good points, merits.  Weaknesses, cons, bad points, demerits?  (E) Theoretical solutions vs. actual solutions.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  Ideas on x, philosophies of x, views on x.  True vs. false, important vs. unimportant.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  Importance of x.  (1) Why study x?  (2) Why is x important, and how important is x?  (3) How powerful is x?  (4) Why is knowledge of x important: by perspective.  (5) Why should I study x, what areas, how far?  (6) Significance of x.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  Language of x.  Terms, vocabulary associated with x.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  Language of x.  The folk and formal vocabulary associated with x.  ---  06/20/1994


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  Literature of x.  What is the seminal literature on x?  ---  12/30/1995


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  Me and x.  (1) Past, present, future - attitudes about x.  (2) Paul cannon of ideas on x.  (3) Thoughts on x.  (4) Actual experience with or behavior of x.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  Measuring: change in x, level of x, size of x.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  Mechanism of x.  (1) How does x work, how does x function?  (2) Method.  (3) Technique.  (4) Dynamics.  (5) Physiology.  (6) What's going on here?  (7) What's at play?  Elements, how do they interact?  What aspects, how often, how much.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  Most important ideas on x.  Prioritized ideas on x.  In general, and by perspective.  Most important truths, concepts, basic ideas or thoughts, fundamentals, principles, general ideas.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  Natural x vs. manmade x.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  Perspectives and x: total, nature, social, individual, me.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  Philosophy and x.  (1) Metaphysics and x.  (2) Epistemology and x.  (3) Ethics and x.  (A) How do x?  (B) How react to x?  (C) What x can be, what x ought to be?  (D) X and health vs. x and unhealth.  (E) Is x healthy or unhealthy, good or bad, help or hurt, important or unimportant.  (F) Value of x, importance of x, worth of x.  (G) Choices available on x (accepted and rejected).  (H) What's the best way to deal with x?  (I) Do's about x vs. don'ts about x.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  Pros and cons.  Proponents of x vs. opponents of x.  Arguments for x vs. arguments against x.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  Purpose of x, function of x.  (1) Why x, uses of x.  (2) What is x good for, what good is x.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  Questions and x.  (1) Questions on x.  (A) Most important questions about x.  By perspective.  (B) The five big questions on x (w,w,w,w,h?).  (C) Hypothetical questions.  (D) Most important unknowns about x.  (2) Answers about x.  (A) Most important answers to questions on x, by perspective.  (B) Most important proofs to answers: arguments, evidence.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  Questions.  A good way to come up with new ideas is to ask self "the big question about x is what?".  ---  08/08/1993


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  Questions.  What are the current top 10 unanswered theoretical and applied questions in every subject area.  ---  04/16/1994


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  Related subjects: effects of and on x to 26 subjects.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  Related subjects.  (1) Related subjects, related ideas and arguments.  (2) Relationships of x: effects of and on.  To psychology, sociology, philosophy, politics, law, economics, business, etc.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  Structure, organization of x.  (1) Parts, elements, factors, variations.  (2) Morphology.  (3) Structure of study of x, arrangement of ideas.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  Theory and practice of x.  Theories on x: proponents and opponents.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  Thinking methodologies.  Art.  Math.  Logic.  Computer technologies.  Science experiments.  Philosophical arguments.  ---  6/12/2005


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  Time and x.  (1) History and x.  (2) Present and x.  (3) Future and x.  (4) Theory and practice.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  Time and x.  (1) Past, history of x.  (A) History of study of x.  (B) Theory (philosophy, science, tech) of x.  (C) Practice.  (D) Who, when, where.  (E) X's place in history.  (F) Origin, growth, develop, decay, death of x.  (2) Present, current issues with x.  (A) Where is x today (practice and theory).  (B) Most important issues with x.  (C) By perspective, prioritized.  (3) Future of x.  (A) Where is x heading?  (B) What are the forces pushing x in that directions?  (C) Where ought it to go?  (D) How can we get it to where it ought to be?  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  Ways of thinking about any subject or thing.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  What am I leaving out about x.  Unremembered, unknown.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  What am I missing about x?  What haven't I thought about x yet?  Where is my knowledge of x weak?  ---  10/12/1999


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  What are all the lies, falsities, and half truths about x?  How far from the truth are they?  How far from the healthiest, most ethical view are they?  How much damage can they do?  ---  08/16/1993


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  What would improved x be?  How can we get improved x?  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  What: definitions.  (1) Definitions by people through history.  (2) Best definitions.  (3) My definitions: personal definitions.  (4) Dictionary definitions vs. popular definitions.  (5) Broad definitions vs. narrow definitions.  (6) Academic definitions, and definitions by any society.  (7) Inclusive definition vs. exclusive definition.  (8) Definition by example.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  What: definitions.  (1) What are we talking about here?  (2) What is x, what is x not?  (3) Nature of x.  (4) Scope of x.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  Why is it important?  How important is it?  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  Why.  (1) Why study x?  (2) Why do or not do x action or behavior?  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  Wrong ideas or attitudes about x, and why.  ---  01/23/1997


Psychology, thinking, types, x in general.  ---  X and mankind, average person, and me.  ---  12/30/1992




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