Thinking has two meanings. Broadly speaking, it refers to the philosophical category synonymous with consciousness and in contrast to matter. In a narrow sense, it refers to the category synonymous with rational knowledge in contrast to perceptual knowledge. Thinking is a highly organized substance, i.e., the function of the human brain. The human brain is a thinking organ. Thinking is a dynamic, generalized and indirect reflection process of the human brain on the real world, including logical and visual thinking, usually logical thinking. Engels pointed out in Anti-Dühring that thinking and consciousness are products of the human brain and that man himself is a product of nature, which has developed in and along with its environment. Marxism is complete materialist on the issue of the formation and development of thinking…
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