Well… I am a visual thinker. Sometimes I think in words, but most of the time its visual. I’ve been wondering in what way do you primarily think, I think primarily in “videos” (i.e. totally 3d visually with audio, like a movie).
Definitely visual. Though at times, when I’m in a certain mode of writing, I can jump from one word to the next by sound alone, i.e., now if do ate can’t and when went want…
I use my imaginative abilities when I think. Perhaps everyone does, but I feel that I have an expertiese in it. I have a very detailed, 3-Dimensional way of thinking…make that 4-Dimensional. I can move detailed things in simulated time with ease, without lag.
I think with words, images, colors, temperatures, sounds, smells, even texture. It all sort of mish mashes into making sense in a multidimensional thought.
I think I can imaginatively sense anything that I can sense in real life. So I agree with Kriswest that thought can involve all the senses.
I think I’m roughly even between verbal and “physical” (visual, tactile, etc) forms of thinking. I definitely have a lot of internal dialogue going on at all times but I’m also imagining things.
It seems to change with mood, energy levels, etc - visual, just words, experiential, but I like it best when my mind goes blank and refuses to compute anything
I agree with Smears on feeling. I couldn´t really say what kind of perception my mind utilizes most in thought processes. I guess whether you´re better at remembering faces, voices or names would be a helpful question. (I´m crap at names.)
I think this “feeling” thing is key. When I contemplate different metaphysical outlooks, I can´t identify a particular type of perception when doing so. Instead, it boils down to an inexplicable feeling, a response to the type of universe that could be the case. Examples would be the religious person´s intoxication, Heidegger´s dread, Sartre´s queasiness, etc. Different ideas merit different responses.
I think the best example comes when trying to contemplate that dreaded nihil, utter nothingness. Any perception of it is impossible, but I for a brief flash I attempt to tap into that possibility, bringing a bizarre feeling of that idea.