David Rizkalla section 13
The Key To Self Discovery, Introspection?
"Why should we not calmly and patiently review our own thoughts, and thoroughly examine and see what these appearances really are"-Plato
The 3 Required Conditions:The Mentality Condition:Introspection is a process that generates, or is aimed at making, knowledge, judgments, or beliefs about mental events, states, or processes, and not about affairs outside one’s mind, indirectlyThe First-Person Condition:Introspection is a process that makes, or is aimed at making, knowledge, judgments, or beliefs about your own mind.The Temporal Proximity Condition:Introspection is a process that generates knowledge, beliefs, or judgments about one’s currently ongoing mental life only
Introspection is used in contemporary philosophy of mind, and is a way of learning about one’s own mental states or processes. That is one reason that I think Introspection holds the key to self discovery. Since it is mostly focused on the mind, and that's the origin of all thoughts.
Introspection has many applications in psychology as well as philosophy. Since both in a way focus on the mind. In Ancient Greece science was considered to be philosophical, ancient philosophy in a sense eventually evolved to be psychology. Introspection is a very essential part to philosophy and psychology, without it both wouldn't function.
Introspection as a concept is very interesting, whether it's its philosophical use or psychological use, it helped to enrich the philosophical experience for me because the way we think always has an explanation and introspection in a sense backs that up.
This image is a great representation of introspection at work, it can work in our own private experience as a means of reflecting.
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/introspection/(This helps to provide a deeper explanation of introspection and I recommend going through it)
Introspection has many applications in psychology as well as philosophy. Since both in a way focus on the mind. In Ancient Greece science was considered to be philosophical, ancient philosophy in a sense eventually evolved to be psychology. Introspection is a very essential part to philosophy and psychology, without it both wouldn't function.
Introspection as a concept is very interesting, whether it's its philosophical use or psychological use, it helped to enrich the philosophical experience for me because the way we think always has an explanation and introspection in a sense backs that up.
This image is a great representation of introspection at work, it can work in our own private experience as a means of reflecting.
Introspection is an essential part of the human brain. It's a means of evaluating yourself and your decisions, which is an essential part of philosophy, as philosophy is more or less about how the individual thinks, and makes decisions.
Quiz Questions:
1. Which philosopher said "Why should we not calmly and patiently review our own thoughts, and thoroughly examine and see what these appearances really are?
2: What are the 3 required conditions of introspection?
Discussion Questions:
1. Does Introspection hold the key to your self-discovery?
2. Do you consider Introspection to be more psychology or philosophy based?
Sources:https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/introspection/
https://www.econlib.org/archives/2007/01/the_philosophy_1.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-NiJzwdN0Y
Posts I commented on:
https://cophilosophy.blogspot.com/2019/12/leo-tolstoy.html?showComment=1575758382455#c3059140495080215772
https://cophilosophy.blogspot.com/2019/12/final-report-section-12.html?showComment=1575758863238#c1256249748522238912
"At its simplest, introspection simply means giving careful, extensive and probing attention to the initially obscure transient and complicated thoughts and feelings that swirl around in our minds." But what's the best way to do that? Arguably, it's by discussing those thoughts and feelings with others. Introspection at its best would then be a form of extroversion. And so, maybe we should resist the definition that puts it firmly "in the mind" and not amongst "external events" (which would include those very helpful discussions). Introspection should be a bridge to the natural and social worlds, not a wall from them.
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