Stream of Consciousness
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A Stream of Consciousness is a thought flow in the conscious mind.
- Example(s):
- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Internal Monologue, Consciousness, Day Dreaming, Awareness.
References
2015
- (Wikipedia, 2015) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stream_of_consciousness_(psychology) Retrieved:2015-5-9.
- Stream of consciousness refers to the flow of thoughts in the conscious mind. The full range of thoughts that one can be aware of can form the content of this stream, not just verbal thoughts. Commonly used experimental techniques, including self-reporting, gives easier access to verbal thoughts than to thoughts more closely connected to senses other than hearing and activities other than speaking and writing.
- http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/10/opinion/sunday/its-not-a-stream-of-consciousness.html
- QUOTE: IN 1890, the American psychologist William James famously likened our conscious experience to the flow of a stream. “A ‘river’ or a ‘stream’ are the metaphors by which it is most naturally described,” he wrote. “In talking of it hereafter, let’s call it the stream of thought, consciousness, or subjective life.”
While there is no disputing the aptness of this metaphor in capturing our subjective experience of the world, recent research has shown that the “stream” of consciousness is, in fact, an illusion. We actually perceive the world in rhythmic pulses rather than as a continuous flow.
- QUOTE: IN 1890, the American psychologist William James famously likened our conscious experience to the flow of a stream. “A ‘river’ or a ‘stream’ are the metaphors by which it is most naturally described,” he wrote. “In talking of it hereafter, let’s call it the stream of thought, consciousness, or subjective life.”