In sharp contrast to the more prosaic, less self-conscious Alpha-thinking, Beta-thinking is "thinking about thinking," and in ordinary philosophical terminology is often called "reflection." Barfield quotes approvingly Coleridge's description of "transcendental thinking"--the British Romantic's own term for Beta-thinking. Via Barfield Encyclopedia.

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