Thinking About Oneself: The Place and Value of Reflection in Philosophy and Psychology (Philosophical Studies Series, 141)

This book advances our theoretical understanding of the human experience. By overcoming dualities such as the relationship between reflection and action, it allows a more in-depth analysis of how concepts constitute complementary parts of the complex human thinking to be developed.

Presenting texts written by leading philosophers and psychologists, it provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of theoretical elaboration, which is then used to discuss the place and value of reflection in moral and epistemic scenes. These topics are accessible to experts and young scholars in the field alike, and offer scope for further reflections that could improve our understanding beyond the existing models and “-isms”.

The novelty of the book is in the dialogue established between several perspectives (e.g. philosophers and psychologists; Europe, America and Asia; etc.). The contributions of philosophers and psychologists establish a fruitful dialogue, so that readers realize that disciplinary divisions are overcome through dialogue and the common object of inquiry: the way human beings reflect and act in their everyday experiences.

Waldomiro J. Silva Filho is Associate Professor of Epistemology at Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, and Researcher Grantee from the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). e was visting scholar in the Department of Philospphy at Harvard University (2009-2010) and in the Department of Linguistics and Philospphy at MIT (2015-2016). He coordinates the Grup of Research Mind, Knowledge, Reality. His research interests are in skepticism, moral philosophy, virtue epistemology.

Luca Tateo is visiting professor of Cultural Psychology at the Federal University of Bahia (Brazil), and Honorary Associate in School of Psychology within the Faculty of Science, Sydney University (Australia). He has been Associate Professor in Epistemology and History of Cultural Psychology at the Centre for Cultural Psychology, Aalborg University (Denmark). His research interests are the study of imaginative processes as higher psychological functions, the epistemology and history of psychological sciences, the art of psychology and the affective logic in atmospheric dynamics. He is chief editor of the book series “Innovations n Qualitative Research”, Information Age Publishing, and co-editor in chief of the journal” Human Arenas. An Interdisciplinary Journal of Psychology, Culture, and Meaning”, Springer.