'theoretical thinking' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when you are discussing abstract ideas that involve theoretical reasoning or speculation. For example, "We need to apply theoretical thinking to this problem in order to develop a solution."
I'm hoping for an experimental result that forces people to focus the theoretical thinking in a different direction".
Sarah Fidment couldn't be further from the stereotype of a dusty academic stuck in an ivory tower of theoretical thinking and out of touch with every day life.
One was the development of national income statistics; the other was the reorientation of theoretical thinking often referred to as the "Keynesian revolution".
Gandhi, who has a reputation as being fonder of theoretical thinking than the bruising day-to-day tussle of politics in the world's second most populous country, said he was a keen reader though his literary diet included "too much non-fiction" and "too much about things related to my work … history, geography, political affairs … a lot about the Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan and China".
In the scientific part theoretical thinking (theôrêtikê dianoia) attains truth and falsity.
The research takes theoretical thinking forward, more than empirical investigation, although it includes a case study of China.
"We do not fully understand the switching phenomenon," said Dr. Williams, adding that the Hewlett-Packard laboratory currently has a group of theoretical physicists thinking about the properties of electrons being conducted through molecules.
In the higher animals a theoretical or thinking stage intervenes between sensation and action, and this is where, in human beings, the thought of God arises.
Based on theoretical assumptions, thinking in design is reduced to the four basic cognitive operations of generation, exploration, comparison and selection, which, in various combinations, are applied to the goal space and the solution space of a given problem as well as to the organisation of the collective process of teamwork.
In terms of theoretical ecological thinking, I think the Chinese are quickly going out ahead of many people – they have large numbers of environmental scholars, they have a number of institutions, and they are working hard to indentify things which are important.
However, as Hopwood (1985) recognised, the participation of historians in this project requires reinvestments in theoretical and epistemological thinking.
