What is called figurative thinking and abstract thinking?

First, the concept is different

1. Abstraction is a process of extracting important features and throwing away unimportant features. If you've seen a mental model.

In that issue, it will be easier to understand abstract thinking.

2. And image thinking.

Or figurative thinking, which is the opposite of it, the way of thinking that does not carry out this process.

Second, the usage is different

When you are faced with animals and need to draw and design, you may need more figurative thinking.

When you think about the big picture, you need to express and convey your experience, and you may need to think abstractly even more.

3. The differences caused by thinking are different

Figurative thinking will be more thoughtful and meticulous in considering problems, while abstract thinking is better at creating. Back to the question of "let my mother fall into the river", girls will think about the problem more carefully, thoughtfully, and tend to think figuratively, so there are many girls who choose to save their mothers, while boys are more coarse, and they have to answer after only listening to the second half of the sentence.

Of course, not all boys are abstract thinkers, and girls are figurative thinkers, but there is a high probability. It's like elementary school math.

In the same way, children like to break their fingers and calculate early, this is image thinking, such examples are more suitable for girls, and boys may have their first reaction to guess, only by giving boys time, can they slowly adapt to finger breaking calculations.

The difference between abstract thinking and figurative thinking is:

1. Abstract thinking is different from figurative thinking, it is not based on what people feel or imagine as a starting point, but from concepts as a starting point to think, and then from abstract concepts to concrete concepts - only at this time, rich and diverse, vivid and concrete things have been reproduced, and "warm" replaces "cold".

Abstract thinking and concrete thinking are relative and interchangeable. Only by penetrating behind things, temporarily putting aside the appearance of accidental, concrete, complicated, and scattered things, and extracting the essence and commonality of things in places that cannot be seen by the senses, and forming concepts, can we have the conditions for further reasoning and judgment. Without abstract thinking, there can be no scientific theories and scientific research.

2. The understanding of concepts by image thinking is incomplete, and the experience of solving them is acceptable, but the solution of theoretical problems is unreliable, and at the same time, it is also inadequate. Image thinking is a more ancient way of thinking, which has the characteristics of long memory time, deep memory, overall browsing, and overall memory.

Abstract thinking is a high-level way of thinking based on figurative thinking, which can solve problems such as essence and law. Abstract thinking is precise, simple, and uses points instead of surfaces. We should see that abstract thinking cannot be produced without the full development of figurative thinking.

Abstract thinking is inseparable from the support of figurative thinking.

3. The comprehensive use of visual thinking and abstract thinking can help children promote the balanced and cooperative development of the functions of the two hemispheres of the brain, which can greatly improve learning ability and efficiency.

Figurative thinking and abstract thinking are two different ways of thinking. Figurative thinking is a way of thinking based on physical objects, images, or images. Figurative thinking objects have specific shapes, colors, sizes and other characteristics, which are easy to be intuitively understood.

Abstract thinking is a way of thinking based on concepts, symbols, or mathematical expressions. Abstract thinking objects do not have concrete forms, but are represented in an abstract way. For example, when seeing a dog, people can use figurative thinking to understand it, paying attention to its appearance, size, color, and other characteristics.

When learning mathematical formulas, people can use abstract thinking to understand them, paying attention to their logical relationships and rules of operation. In short, both figurative thinking and abstract thinking are important ways of thinking for human beings, and they are often used in study and life. The difference between them is that figurative thinking is based on physical objects, while abstract thinking is based on concepts, and abstract thinking is more abstract and generalized, while figurative thinking is more concrete and intuitive.

Both play an important role in human learning and life, and mutual cooperation can make people's thinking richer and more flexible.

The so-called image thinking mainly refers to the thinking of solving problems with intuitive images and appearances, which is characterized by specific imagery, completeness and jumping. The basic unit of figurative thinking is representation. It is the process of analyzing, synthesizing, abstracting, and generalizing with appearances.

When a person uses his existing appearance to solve a problem, or uses the appearance to associate and imagine, and composes a new image through abstract generalization, this kind of thinking process is image thinking. Therefore, the method of using appearances to carry out thinking activities and solve problems is the image thinking method. For example, if a person wants to go out, he should consider the environment, climate, means of transportation, etc., analyze and compare what route is best to take, and what clothes are appropriate.

Abstract thinking profoundly reflects the external world, enables people to scientifically foresee the development trend of things and phenomena on the basis of understanding objective laws, and predicts natural phenomena and their characteristics that are not directly provided by "vivid intuition" but exist outside consciousness. It is of great significance for scientific research.

Abstract thinkingThe difference with figurative thinking is that abstract thinking does not start from what people feel or imagine, but from concepts to ideas, and then rises from abstract concepts to concrete concepts. Without abstract thinking, there can be no scientific theories and scientific research. However, abstract thinking must not go to extremes, but must be combined with concrete thinking, rising from abstract to concrete.

Abstract Thinking IllustrationAbstract thinking is the use of concepts, judgments, reasoning and other forms of thinking in cognitive activities.

The process of indirect, generalizing the reflection of objective reality belongs to the stage of rational cognition, and abstract thinking reflects the essence of things and the far-reaching process of the development of the objective world by virtue of scientific abstract concepts, so that people can obtain knowledge far beyond direct perception by sensory organs through cognitive activities.

Scientific abstraction is the idea of reflecting the intrinsic nature of the material processes of nature or society in the concept, and it is on the basis of analyzing, synthesizing, and comparing the essential attributes of things, extracting the essential attributes of things, leaving aside their non-essential attributes, so that the understanding can enter the abstract regulations from the perceptual concrete, and form concepts.

Image thinking is a form of thinking that uses a certain image to perceive, grasp and recognize things, and achieves the understanding of the essential laws of things through specific and perceptual images. It is a major way of thinking adopted by artists in the whole process of creative activities, from discovering and embodying life, to conceiving art, forming artistic images, and materializing them into artistic images or artistic situations. Abstract thinking is a form of thinking that uses certain concepts to make judgments, reasoning, and arguments.

Figurative thinking and abstract thinking are opposites and unity, which are different from each other and related to each other.

1) Distinction. In the whole process of thinking, abstract thinking is always inseparable from concepts, and it is a thinking activity carried out by using abstract concepts. The process of image thinking is always inseparable from the concrete and perceptual image, which is the thinking activity carried out by using the concept of image, so the process of image thinking contains both rich feelings and deep understanding; It not only contains the embodiment of the image, but also contains the extraction of the essence. This process of figuration and abstraction, perceptuality and rationality runs through the whole process of figurative thinking.

The role of abstract thinking in art creation is mainly manifested in the fact that the subject of a work of art needs abstract thinking to refine, and the philosophical remarks of a work of art are inseparable from abstract thinking.

Abstract thinking should respect objective facts, follow rigorous logical reasoning, and do not allow emotion. The process of figurative thinking is always accompanied by strong emotional activity, and relies on imagination and association. The object of figurative thinking is a perceptual and concrete image, and its purpose is to create a living artistic image with real feelings.

Abstract thinking focuses on analysis, which can study a certain part of a thing in isolation, revealing the essence and laws of a certain aspect of a thing. Image thinking focuses more on synthesis and has the characteristics of wholeness, emphasizing grasping things as a whole, and grasping their inner essence and laws through the overall image of things.

The result of figurative thinking is a typical artistic image. The fruits of abstract thinking are concepts, judgments, and reasoning. The generalization role of abstract thinking focuses on generalization, and the result of generalization is the formation of theoretical categories.

The generalization role of image thinking focuses on collectivization, and through generalization, universality is obtained, and at the same time, it is concentrated to form a plump image of beauty, that is, aesthetic imagery.

2) Contact. In artistic thinking, figurative thinking and abstract thinking can intersect, transform and infiltrate each other in the artist's creative process, complement each other in thinking activities, and constitute artistic thinking together with inspired thinking.

In artistic thinking, figurative thinking and abstract thinking can be transformed into each other, and the transformation is very frequent and fast, flexible and changeable. The characteristic of mutual transformation is to strictly follow the laws of artistic beauty.

Both kinds of thinking are a kind of way of thinking, both of which have the functions of analysis, synthesis, abstraction, and concreteness, as well as the role of generalization and centralization. They can all intersect and infiltrate each other in the artist's creative process, and complement each other in their thinking activities.

OneDistinguish.

1. Basic elements.

The basic element of conceptual thinking is an abstract concept, whereas the basic element of imagery thinking is the image of an image.

2. Reasoning process.

The reasoning process of abstract thinking is done on the basis of concepts and their judgments, whereas the process of reasoning or reasoning of figurative thinking is done on the basis of imagery and its association (imagination) and typification.

IIContact.

1. Both filial piety and abstract thinking have the common characteristics of thinking activities: abstract, indirect and general.

2. The starting point of figurative thinking and abstract thinking is the perception of the outside world.

The role of image thinking.

1. Image thinking is an important form of thinking to reflect and understand the world, and it is a powerful tool for cultivating and educating people.

2. In business operation, highly developed image thinking is an indispensable and important condition for entrepreneurs to win in the fierce and complex market competition. If the senior manager leaves the image information and the image thinking, the information he gets may be indirect, outdated or even inaccurate, so it is difficult to make the right decision.

Figurative thinking and abstract thinking, as two aspects of human thinking activities, are both independent of each other and interrelated.

The biggest difference between figurative thinking and abstract thinking is:

Abstract thinking is the use of language, symbols, theories, concepts, numbers and other abstract materials for thinking activities, and figurative thinking is the use of visual materials for thinking activities.

The connection between figurative thinking and abstract thinking:

1. As far as the thought process is concerned, there is a dependency between them.

Logical thinking is more like an instrumental way of thinking that people develop in order to understand, conquer and transform the objective world in the process of growing up, constantly learning and exercising, while image thinking may be a kind of people's original thinking, and it is impossible for people to abandon this thinking ability in their future development.

2. Both have characteristics common to thinking activities: abstract, indirect and general.

3. The starting point of both is the perception of the outside world.

4. Figurative thinking and logical thinking are equally creative, both are components of creative thinking, and compared with logical thinking, which is manifested as step-by-step orderly inference, figurative thinking seems to be in a leading and revealing position in the whole creative thinking process.