The phrase "applied the thinking of" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the implementation or utilization of someone's ideas or theories in a specific context.
Example: "In her research, she applied the thinking of renowned psychologists to better understand human behavior."
Alternatives: "utilized the ideas of" or "implemented the concepts of".
Children in the individual condition worked individually on tasks to apply the thinking skills whereas learners in the collaborative condition applied the thinking skills on tasks in groups of four.
By coming to power on an agenda of development that is driven by the pursuit of ever higher GDP growth, Modi needs greater consumption of natural resources; applying the mainstream thinking of the 20th century that drove us to this problem in the first place.
This should be his last hurrah at quarterback, Steve Politi writes in The Star-Ledger, but it's hard to apply logic to the thinking of Coach Rex Ryan, who was willing to sink right along with Sanchez this season, Tim Smith writes in The Daily News.
Yates and his colleagues applied the same thinking to a kind of world Sagan didn't know about.
Spitzer applied the same type of thinking to the analyst investigation.
While this should not be applied literally, thinking of the movement of the left hand like this really helps.
Many prospective students read this magazine, so if you are one, enjoy how the piece pulls together an item from popular culture — the film Brokeback Mountain — with one of the key issues of our time — surveillance — by applying, adapting, and expanding on the thinking of seminal theorists.
According to Tye, there are two kinds of phenomenal concepts: indexical concepts (an example is the concept applied when thinking of a particular shade of red as "this particular hue" while having a red experience) and what he calls "predicative phenomenal concepts" that are based on the capacity to make certain discriminations.
How would we, if we were now charged with designing the global financial order, what sorts of principles would we apply, and what would how might the thinking of Keynes be helpful to us?
