EC Psychology And Psychiatry

Review Article Volume 12 Issue 11 - 2023

The Concept of Reflection: Genesis and Typology

Rozin Vadim Markovich*

Professor, Chief Researcher at the Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
*Corresponding Author: Rozin Vadim Markovich, Professor, Chief Researcher at the Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia.
Received: November 07, 2023; Published: December 04, 2023



The article presents the genesis of the concept of reflection. The prerequisites for the formation of this concept in the works of Aristotle and Nicholas of Cusa and the actual stages of development of this concept in the philosophy of modern times differ. The concepts of reflection 1.0 are characterized. in the works of Locke, 2.0. works of thinkers of German classical philosophy (Kant and Hegel), 3.0. in the research of G.P. Shchedrovitsky. Two understandings of reflection are separated: understood as a mechanism of development of the individual, belonging to his personality, and as a process leading to another integrity. The idea of moral reflection is introduced.

 Keywords: Reflection; Concepts; Thinking; Reconstruction; Personality; Individual; Development; Formation; Schemes; History

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Rozin Vadim Markovich. “The Concept of Reflection: Genesis and Typology” ”. EC Psychology and Psychiatry  12.11 (2023): 01-17.