Here are names for the kinds of thinking discussed in the first 7 chapters in Rudolf Steiner's Philosophy Of Freedom. With every shift in the level of consciousness, what we call thinking undergoes a change. In chapter 1 a rational debate occurs about whether we are free or not. In chapter 7 various theories of cognition are discussed, then Monism is show to remove all the limitations of cognition making wholistic thinking possible.
Chapter 1 Conscious Human Action
RATIONAL THINKING Level of consciousness - will
Rational debate is a discussion about what we should believe. Both sides give arguments for some belief and defend that belief from objections.
Chapter 2 Desire For Knowledge
SPECULATIVE THINKING Level of consciousness - feel
Speculative thinking expresses human curiosity about the world. It transcends experience, but the chapters one-sided views lack experience of the world or the inner connection.
Chapter 3 Thinking in Understanding The World
REFLECTIVE THINKING -Level of consciousness - thought
Reflective thinking is reflection on thinking itself, on the mind and its activities. It is based on contemplation and introspection.
Chapter 4 The World As Perception
REACTIVE THINKING Level of consciousness - perception
Thinking immediately reacts to our observation by adding a preconception, and we consider the object and the preconception as belonging together forming our world of first appearance.
Chapter 5 Knowing The World
CRITICAL THINKING Level of consciousness - concept
We refute our initial impression of the world with critical thinking to discover the concept that corresponds to our perception.
Chapter 6 Individuality
INDEPENDENT THINKING Level of consciousness - mental picture
Independent thinking individualizes the universal concept by forming mental pictures.
Chapter 7 Are There Limits To Cognition?
WHOLISTIC THINKING Level of consciousness - cognition
Wholistic thinking endeavors to remove the limits of cognition in order to integrate all the parts into a whole.
Comments
The way we think, or the way we pursue knowledge determines the way we pursue morality. This is shown in The Philosophy Of Freedom in the chapter correspondence between Part I and Part II.
The RATIONAL THINKING (rational argument) in Chapter 1 Conscious Human Action leads to a RATIONAL MORALITY in Chapter 14 The Individual And The Group.
The SPECULATIVE THINKING in Chapter 2 Desire For Knowledge leads to a SPECULATIVE MORALITY in Chapter 13 Value Of Life (pursuit of pleasure).
The REFLECTIVE THINKING in Chapter 3 Thinking leads to a REFLECTIVE MORALITY in Chapter 12 Moral Imagination.
The REACTIVE THINKING in Chapter 4 World As Perception leads to a REACTIVE MORALITY in Chapter 11 Purpose Of Life.
The CRITICAL THINKING in Chapter 5 Knowing The World leads to the CRITICAL MORALITY in Chapter 10 (refuting authority).
The INDEPENDENT THINKING of Chapter 6 Individuality leads to the INDEPENDENT MORALITY (ethical individualism) in Chapter 9.
The COGNITIVE THINKING in Chapter 7 Limits To Knowledge? leads to the COGNITIVE MORALITY (cognitive personality) in Chapter 8.