GaryGaulin
Posts: 5385 Joined: Oct. 2012
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The proper definition and usage for introspection is as follows: Quote | Full Definition of INTROSPECTION
: a reflective looking inward : an examination of one's own thoughts and feelings .....
Examples of INTROSPECTION
a moment of quiet introspection <not a man given to introspection, he grew impatient with his wife's constant need to discuss their relationship> .....
Related to INTROSPECTION
Synonyms self-contemplation, self-examination, self-observation, self-questioning, self-reflection, self-scrutiny, self-searching, soul-searching
Related Words self-analysis, self-awareness, self-consciousness, self-recognition; introversion, self-absorption, self-centeredness, self-concern, self-involvement; self-actualization, self-discovery, self-exploration, self-fulfillment, self-realization; self-knowledge, self-revelation; self-concept, self-image, self-perception; contemplation, meditation, reflection, rumination
http://www.merriam-webster.com/diction....pection
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And ironically a year+ ago Wesley kinda spammed a thread of mine by leaving a link back to this forum, in a topic I started for wiring together something else (the two lobe brain system) that may be vital for producing a healthy level of introspection:
http://www.kurzweilai.net/forums.....n-lobes
I have good reasons for disliking the oversimplifications that do not include the inherent ability for such things as "soul-searching" as a requirement for introspection. For example this is an illustration of what Wesley just linked to for an example that I could only qualify as a simple biologically inaccurate guidance control system that among other things is missing grid, place, border/boundary cell networks and amygdala (emotional) memory:
http://creativemachines.cornell.edu/emergen...._models In my opinion it is misleading to use the above system as an example of introspection.
-------------- The theory of intelligent design holds that certain features of the universe and of living things are best explained by an intelligent cause, not an undirected process such as natural selection.
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