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This Concept Map, created with IHMC CmapTools, has information related to: The Logic of introspection, To improve upon understanding and experiance in the abillity to examine ones's own conscious thought, feelings and behaviours in a manner that brings clarity and certainty to objectives, purpose(s) or goals before working on their output when justifiability is considered Do I have any vested interest in this issue? Am I sympathetically representing the viewpoints of others?, Introspection is the key to clarifying what you stand for and what matters to you — in other words, what is important. It drives who we are in all aspects of our leadership The benefits of introspection are many: Discernment about whether you are doing the right thing. Understanding the origins of your decisions and the issues that affect your judgment. Insight into the impact of your decisions. Clarity in connecting and communicating effectively with others. Ease in navigating complex situations.. http://smartblogs.com/leadership/2013/10/09/the-real-value-of-introspection/ What must be present for introspection to occur? "For a process to qualify as “introspective” as the term is ordinarily used in contemporary philosophy of mind, it must minimally meet the following three conditions:" http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/introspection/, Am I sympathetically representing the viewpoints of others? Yes Then Continue, What other viewpoint or concept opposes this view? Depending on who you speak to there may be a different definition of "Introspection" (dictionary.com) The word "introspection" means "observation or examination of one's own mental and emotional state, mental processes, etc.; the act of looking within oneself " (dictionary.com) http://lachelleannbohner.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/introspection-biblical-perspective.html, Most of us are confident that our perceptions of ourselves are more accurate than others’ perceptions of them. Yet psychological research tells us that introspection is often a highly inaccurate source of self-knowledge. An over-reliance on introspection trips one up–decreasing performance, reducing decision quality and even undermining self-insight. http://livingmeanings.com/failures-introspection-stumbling-block-self-knowledge/ The problems with introspection are threefold: 3) We cannot penetrate our unconscious, Then what is the more important thing to know about introspection? What must be present for introspection to occur? "For a process to qualify as “introspective” as the term is ordinarily used in contemporary philosophy of mind, it must minimally meet the following three conditions:" http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/introspection/, What else could be more important, worth focusing on and knowing? ???? "For a process to qualify as “introspective” as the term is ordinarily used in contemporary philosophy of mind, it must minimally meet the following three conditions:" http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/introspection/, Is the ability to examine ones's own conscious thoughts and feelings most important to focus on? If no What else could be more important, worth focusing on and knowing?, Purpose My purpose in addressing the problem is… (Know exactly what you are after. Make sure you are not operating with a hidden agenda and that your announced and real purposes are the same.) To improve upon understanding and experiance in the abillity to examine ones's own conscious thought, feelings and behaviours in a manner that brings clarity and certainty to objectives, purpose(s) or goals before working on their output, To improve upon understanding and experiance in the abillity to examine ones's own conscious thought, feelings and behaviours in a manner that brings clarity and certainty to objectives, purpose(s) or goals before working on their output if significance is considered Is the ability to examine ones's own conscious thoughts and feelings most important to focus on?, Biblical What is introspection? To understand it, it helps to look at what the Bible calls the heart. In the heart we find three functions which connect us to reality: thinking, being and doing. These functions are what I call outward-directed. These functions are absolutely critical for our relationships with that which is outside of us, beyond ourselves, in reality. http://www.labri.org/england/resources/05052008/AF01_Introspection.pdf ???? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Introspection, Am I sympathetically representing the viewpoints of others? No What other viewpoint or concept opposes this view?, Eastern spirituality In Eastern Christianity some concepts addressing human needs, such as sober introspection (nepsis), require watchfulness of the human heart and the conflicts of the human nous, heart or mind. Noetic understanding can not be achieved by rational or discursive thought (i.e. systemization) ???? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Introspection, The mentality condition The border between introspective and non-introspective knowledge can begin to seem blurry with respect to bodily self-knowledge such as proprioceptive knowledge about the position of one's limbs or nociceptiv e knowledge about one's pains. But it seems that in principle the introspective part of such processes, pertaining to judgments about one's mind—e.g., that one has the feeling as though one's arms were crossed or of toe-ishly located pain—can be distinguished from the non-introspective judgment that one's arms are in fact crossed or one's toe is being pinched. "For a process to qualify as “introspective” as the term is ordinarily used in contemporary philosophy of mind, it must minimally meet the following three conditions:" http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/introspection/, What other viewpoint or concept opposes this view? Depending on who you speak to there may be a different definition of "Introspection" Eastern spirituality In Eastern Christianity some concepts addressing human needs, such as sober introspection (nepsis), require watchfulness of the human heart and the conflicts of the human nous, heart or mind. Noetic understanding can not be achieved by rational or discursive thought (i.e. systemization), Gnosticism The early church fathers wrote extensively on the aspects of the gnosis, which, if god, as Plato and other philosophers including Descartes determined, the later asserting 'god is pure consciousness'. Thus, by definition, if God was made 'mind' the gnostic religion (or gnosticism in particular) becomes a psychology ???? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Introspection, Is the ability to examine ones's own conscious thoughts and feelings most important to focus on? If yes Then what is the more important thing to know about introspection?, What other viewpoint or concept opposes this view? Depending on who you speak to there may be a different definition of "Introspection" epistemology, it is perhaps best known for its role in epistemology, in this context introspection is often compared with perception, reason, memory, and testimony as a source of knowledge.[6], "Introspection, as the term is used in contemporary philosophy of mind, is a means of learning about one's own currently ongoing, or perhaps very recently past, mental states or processes. You can, of course, learn about your own mind in the same way you learn about others' minds—by reading psychology texts, by observing facial expressions (in a mirror), by examining readouts of brain activity, by noting patterns of past behavior—but it's generally thought that you can also learn about your mind introspectively, in a way that no one else can.... Not all such processes are introspective, however: Few would say that you have introspected if you learn that you're angry by seeing your facial expression in the mirror. However, it's unclear and contentious exactl y what more is required for a process to qualify as introspective. Why do we need it? Introspection is the key to clarifying what you stand for and what matters to you — in other words, what is important. It drives who we are in all aspects of our leadership The benefits of introspection are many: Discernment about whether you are doing the right thing. Understanding the origins of your decisions and the issues that affect your judgment. Insight into the impact of your decisions. Clarity in connecting and communicating effectively with others. Ease in navigating complex situations.. http://smartblogs.com/leadership/2013/10/09/the-real-value-of-introspection/, Question at issue What is introspection? "Introspection, as the term is used in contemporary philosophy of mind, is a means of learning about one's own currently ongoing, or perhaps very recently past, mental states or processes. You can, of course, learn about your own mind in the same way you learn about others' minds—by reading psychology texts, by observing facial expressions (in a mirror), by examining readouts of brain activity, by noting patterns of past behavior—but it's generally thought that you can also learn about your mind introspectively, in a way that no one else can.... Not all such processes are introspective, however: Few would say that you have introspected if you learn that you're angry by seeing your facial expression in the mirror. However, it's unclear and contentious exactl y what more is required for a process to qualify as introspective.