The phrase "a sort of thinking" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a particular type or manner of thought or reasoning.
Example: "Her approach to problem-solving is a sort of thinking that encourages creativity and innovation."
Alternatives: "a type of thinking" or "a manner of thinking".
Machover calls it a "hyperinstrument", a sort of thinking machine that allows Ma and his cello to interact with one another and make music together.
Wham!'s third album, "Music from the Edge of Heaven," got a bit more mature—"Edge of Heaven" was a sort of thinking man's "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go," and "A Different Corner," which was pained, sorrowful, and regretful, delved further into sincerity.
While there is nothing wrong with applause, wherever it may arise, there was a sort of wishful thinking in the audience's response to Mr. Repin.
"Typically, I'll see people get into a sort of circular thinking where they get into a rut and it can lead to depression".
This, I think she is saying, is why we cling, for example, to a sort of magical thinking about the impending ecological disaster; we are in noisy denial.
"There is a sort of magical thinking happening when it comes to targeted advertising [that claims] everyone benefits from this," Acquisti continued.
But it's a sort of wishful-thinking metaphor.
So now I am enjoying thinking about it (which is a different sort of thinking) and getting as close to enjoying it in the moment as retrieved memory will permit".
The complex character of ideas, their connexions with each other, the need to understand practice in terms of such relations, and to conduct it with attention to habitual linkages amongst people's ideas and activities, suggest a different sort of thinking.
"She's kind of a slow sort of thinking cat, but one thing is she is very protective of me," Thompson told The Canadian Press.
