Psychological Reflection, Thought and Imagination as Epistemic Skills

Autor: Miika Vähämaa
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Philosophical Studies Series ISBN: 9783030182656
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-18266-3_10
Popis: Psychological reflection is a fundamental element of interpersonal psychological communication that builds on common sense and shared, or commonly understood, word meanings. In Psycho-logic Jan Smedslund (1988), states that without these two key elements of communication the following occurs: misunderstandings and disorderliness in psychological interactions increases. This chapter posits that the loss of common sense and language are happening. This diminishes our ability to reason psychologically valid thoughts concerning the self and others. As a solution, I propose an increased reliance on imaginative processes in psychological reflection, conceptualized as synthetic thinking.
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