The phrase "accepted thought" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to ideas or beliefs that are widely recognized and agreed upon within a particular context or field.
Example: "The theory of evolution is an accepted thought in the scientific community, supported by extensive research and evidence."
Alternatives: "conventional wisdom" or "common belief".
Lastly, Harris's denigration of identity politics screams positionality bias, where any position or movement that deviates from widely accepted thought and practice are pejoratively labelled "identity politics".
Last week's discovery of a cottage bearing the remains of a mummified cat in its walls may do little to dispel accepted thought, but it is still a find of major historical significance.
In "The Population Equation: Balancing What We Need with What We Have," Dahl (2005) presented generally accepted thought and consensually validated data regarding the human population, even though he did not include an adequate scientific theory of absolute human population numbers.
After rereading the play when he was offered the part of Iago, "I was genuinely surprised by all these things that I was getting out of the play that were contradicting the accepted thoughts and images of 'Othello,' " he said.
Dummett is suggesting that the type-token relation might help us understand how to accept thoughts, even thoughts which are modally mind-independent and abstract, without embracing, as Frege did, a troubling Platonism.
You can control your thoughts that help you realize your resolutions, so don't accept thoughts that don't.
We have the power to stop accepting thoughts that limit our potential or hinder us from fulfilling our destiny.
Do not accept thoughts like: "You deserve to be depressed".
In his preface to the fourth edition of "Dialogue," published in 2002, Mr. Friedman wrote: "If I have had some share in Buber's becoming so well-known in the English-speaking world in the last 45 years, it is not because I have accepted his thought uncritically or on faith, but because I have made it my own".
Surprisingly, none of the commonly accepted philosophical thought experiments named above satisfies his model.
But repeated countless times the slogan becomes accepted without thought.
