Rather, they are trying to focus attention on cognitive faculties that go beyond intelligence - what they describe as the essential tools of rational thinking.

他们试图关注的是智力之上的认知才能——他们把这些才能描述为理性思考的关键工具。

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So when I contemplate a physical object I'm aware that it is necessarily extended and I am also aware that it is not essential to its being that it be a thinking thing.

当我思考一个实体对象的时候，我会意识到它的必然延展，且其精髓并不是一个思考的物质。

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Mandate Personal Brainstorming Sessions - Brainstorming is essential to creative thinking.

指定个人的头脑风暴季—头脑风暴是创造思维的基础。

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In business, this way of thinking is essential to success, and it occurred to me that it also may be essential in retirement planning.

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Third, the president's program is an essential first step in thinking about the role that executive compensation played in creating the economic meltdown.

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The venture is run with little intervention from India (most of the project team is Australian), but aligning their thinking was essential, he says.

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