##  [Introspection](/index.php/introspection) 

  ##  [Introspection](https://humanitites.quantumdictionary.io/introspection-0) 

  

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**Humanities & Arts Dictionary**

 







 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

Definition

A first‑person method of inquiry by which a subject attends to, reports, or reflects on their own conscious experiences or mental states with the aim of identifying their qualitative features, contents, or relations; the report is a primary datum for philosophical or psychological analysis but is epistemically fallible and dependent on memory, attention, conceptual framing, and reporting practices