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Title: Critical reflection, self-knowledge, and the emotions
Related: Philosophical explorations : an international journal for the philosophy of mind and action, Vol. 5, Issue 3, p.186-206
DOI: 10.1080/10002002108538732
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 2002
Author/Creator: Mackenzie, Catriona
Description: Drawing on recent cognitive theories of the emotions, this article develops an account of critical reflection as requiring emotional flexibility and involving the ability to envisage alternative reasons for action. The focus on the role of emotions in critical reflection, and in agents' resistance to reflection, suggests the need to move beyond an introspective to a more social and relational conception of the process of reflection. It also casts new light on the intractable problem of explaining how oppressive socialisation impairs the capacity for autonomy.
Description: 21 page(s)
Resource Type: journal article
Organisation: Macquarie University. Dept. of Philosophy

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