Autonomy, reflection, and education

• Main Author: RYAN, Shane
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2021
• Subjects: education; autonomy; skillful reflection; Dual Process Hypothesis of Reflection; Type 1 cognitive processes; Type 2 cognitive processes; agent's reflection; superior autonomy; neutral on the good; worthy of reflection; Epistemology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3713
• Institution: Singapore Management University

I argue that if we accept the promotion of autonomy as an aim of education, then we should accept the promotion of skillful reflection as an aim of education. I set out the Dual Process Hypothesis of Reflection (DPHR), according to which both Type 1 and Type 2 cognitive processes play a role in an a...