Many current AI systems assume that the reasoning mechanisms used to manipulate their knowledge may be fixed ahead of time by the designer. This assumption may break down in complex domains. The focus of this research is developing a model of introspective reasoning and learning to enable a system to improve its own reasoning as well as its domain knowledge. Our model is based on the proposal o...

Research and results: Contemplative practises use positive electromagnetic vibrations to speed up mental health recovery, while spirituality religion bring love, hope, happiness, compassion. Self-transcendence increases cortisol serotonin receptor binding, suppresses norepinephrine, reduces issues. Mental professionals must respect preferences, record religious beliefs, provide spiritual materi...

The cultural evolution of introspective thought has been recognized to undergo a drastic change during the middle of the first millennium BC. This period, known as the "Axial Age," saw the birth of religions and philosophies still alive in modern culture, as well as the transition from orality to literacy-which led to the hypothesis of a link between introspection and literacy. Here we set out ...

32 AI MAGAZINE ■ To construct a perpetual self-aware cognitive agent that can continuously operate with independence, an introspective machine must be produced. To assemble such an agent, it is necessary to perform a full integration of cognition (planning, understanding, and learning) and metacognition (control and monitoring of cognition) with intelligent behaviors. The failure to do this com...

In recent psychological literature on meditation, the terms "phenomenology" and "phenomenological" are sometimes used rather loosely to refer to introspective reports given by experimental subjects about their experiences during meditation. I Some psychologists have even developed questionnaires and procedures, characterized as ways of operationalizing phenomenology, so that subjects' introspec...

When Psychology emerged as a scientific discipline at of the end of the 19th century, the majority of psychologists were interested in consciousness. They sought to examine the structure and elements of their thoughts and subjective experiences through introspective analysis. Within a few decades, the introspective method was discredited, and introspective descriptions were rejected as a scient...

Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 80 (1999) 136–156 0031–5621/99/0200–0000 © 1999 University of Southern California and Blackwell Publishers Ltd. Published by Blackwell Publishers, 108 Cowley Road, Oxford OX4 1JF, UK and 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148, USA. Abstract: Those interested in securing the compatibility of anti-individualism and introspective knowledge of content (henceforth ‘compati...

Health reminders are integral to self-managing chronic illness. However, to act on these health reminders, patients face many challenges, such as lack of motivation and ability to perform health tasks. As a result, patients experience negative consequences for their health. To investigate the design of health reminders that persuade patients to take action, we conducted six participatory design...