'clarify thinking' is correct and can be used in written English.
For instance, you could use the phrase in a sentence like this: "Reflecting on the problem helped me to clarify my thinking".
The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate possibilities and clarify thinking, rather than to be realistic.
For me, the point of these kinds of posts (of which I've written quite a few) are to generate discussion, help clarify thinking, and generally get others thinking, too.
Mr. Waltz's goal was to clarify thinking about international politics by offering a perspective he called "structural realism," or neorealism, in which interactions between nations matter most in fomenting war.
By means of such problems, Ms. Foot hoped to clarify thinking about the moral issues surrounding abortion in particular, but she applied a similar approach to matters like euthanasia.
Talking about diversity both inside and outside the office can help clarify thinking and give voice to those whose stories need to be heard.
Clarify thinking and inquiries.
Arthur Guyton's model of cardiac output governed by the relationship between PRA values and the MCFP has simultaneously confused and clarified thinking about cardiac physiology for half a century.
That helped clarify our thinking around the product and it helped clarify our thinking around the company.
Making the movie has helped clarify his thinking.
The mind boggles, and the point of the book gets lost.However, for a master-class in how to use history to clarify your thinking the man to turn to is John Lewis Gaddis, a distinguished cold-war historian at Yale.
She describes how developing the right visual to express a concept not only helps make science accessible to nonspecialists, but also informs the science itself, helping scientists clarify their thinking.
