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introspection  

Definition

  • Etymologically, introspection means “looking within.” The term introspection is typically used as a placeholder for the distinctive way, whatever it is, in which we know our own minds. Yet it is contentious whether we know our own minds by inner perception. [Source: Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Social Sciences; Introspection]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-T1RWGD6R-2

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