By critically reflecting on the various versions of atomic theories of the past the author is able to grapple with the question of what sets scientific knowledge apart from other kinds of knowledge, philosophical knowledge in particular.

A broad concept that sees art, including theater, as detached from life in a pure way and able to reflect on life critically.

An important part of transformative learning is for individuals to change their frames of reference by critically reflecting on their assumptions and beliefs and consciously making and implementing plans that bring about new ways of defining their worlds.

Through communicative learning, learners must work towards critically reflecting assumptions that underlie intentions, values, beliefs, and feelings.

Learners are involved in objective reframing of their frames of reference when they critically reflect on the assumptions of others.

Spearheading this shift was the growth of a literary public sphere in which the bourgeoisie learned to critically reflect upon itself and its role in society.

Culturalists also tend to be both less taxonomic and more culturally relativistic in their descriptions while critically reflecting on the power relationship between the ethnographer (or 'modeller') and the subjects of his or her research.

"I warn people not to simply take over rules from the United States without first reflecting on them critically," said Gerhard Cromme of ThyssenKrupp.

It depicted the individuals' hardship in the political turmoils and critically reflected the impact of that special history after the formation of the People's Republic of China.

They never learn to critically reflect on information they receive.