Louisville Process Theology Network

Analytical Thinking and Intuitive Thinking Together

You’ve probably heard it said many times that religious fanatics are almost exclusively intuitive thinkers

while atheists are almost exclusively analytical thinkers.

Even so,

both kinds of thinking are valid to some extent and needed.

Now, the following commentary applies that reasoning to political perspectives too.

“According to (Thomas) Talhelm, political conservatives in the United States, generally, and East
Asians, particularly, are intuitive or ‘holistic’ thinkers,

while Westerners, generally, and American liberals, in particular, are more analytical thinkers…..

(And meanwhile)
the vast majority of people around the world -- about 85 percent -- more often think intuitively –
what psychologists call holistic thought,
and we found that's how conservative Americans tend to think……

Holistic thought more often uses intention and the perception of whole objects or situations,
rather than breaking them down to their parts -- such as having a general feeling about a situation
involving intuition or tact.

Analytic thinking styles tend to look at the parts of a situation, and how they work together…...
This involves ‘slicing up the world and analyzing objects individually, divorced from context,’
Talhelm said.

There is value in both ways of thinking, Talhelm said.
Intuitive thinking likely is the ‘default’ style most people are born with,
while analytical thinking generally must be learned, usually through training……

They discovered that if they trained holistic thinkers to think analytically……
they would subsequently start viewing the world more liberally (though not on economic policy).

Likewise, liberals, if trained to think holistically, would come to form more conservative opinions…..”

Visit:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/01/150122114428.htm?fbclid=IwAR3teyZyHH5SQSRNWaLfywM8O1HJ5HT33_ukQMIoPrE9j-1Rw82etNUF0mA