Lesson 1; the exercise of introspection

In this module we will be looking at, as the title says, Self-Reflective discourse. This module will serve to help us learn more about our fundamental purpose as new media students, and to generally examine our capacity of humans to exercise introspection.

in⋅tro⋅spec⋅tion
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–noun
1. observation or examination of one's own mental and emotional state, mental processes, etc.; the act of looking within oneself.
2. the tendency or disposition to do this.

This idea/process was imagined by Plato, and I quote: "Why should we not calmly and patiently review our own thoughts and thoroughly examine and see what these appearances in us really are?" - Theaetetus 155

So now for the start of this module we can focus on cognitive psychology, and how it applies to us and our course.

Cognitive Psychologists are apparently split between those who practise introspection and those who practise 'the scientific method'. From wikipedia:

"Scientific method refers to a body of techniques for investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge. To be termed scientific, a method of inquiry must be based on gathering observable, empirical and measurable evidence subject to specific principles of reasoning.[1] A scientific method consists of the collection of data through observation and experimentation, and the formulation and testing of hypotheses.[2] One of the first to clearly outline the specifics of a scientific method was John Stuart Mill."

So to sum up this first lecture; this module will deal with how we will understand, diagnose and solve problems.