Concept

Metacognition

Overview

higher-order thinking skills which include knowledge about cognition and regulation of cognition

Overview adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for authors).

Philosophers who discussed Metacognition

• Samuel Alexander

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• Meta (prefix)
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• On the Soul
• Cultural artifact
• Learning
• Prefrontal cortex
• Understanding
• Narrative
• Work of art
• Social psychology
• Schizophrenia
• Aristotle
• Procedural knowledge
• Working memory
• Experimental psychology
• Self-awareness
• Morality
• Social cognition
• Cognitive bias
• Theory of mind
• Hallucination
• Awareness
• Cognitive neuroscience
• Intelligence

Place in the tradition

Part of Absurdism.

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