Origin of term 'metathinking' (was: metathinking? No.)

[eloiseherisson at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 47891

KSA:
> Carol wrote:
> 
> As far as I understand the use of "meta" this is
> absolutely correct.  Metalanguage is language about
> language and meta-analysis is an analysis of analyses.
> Metathinking is the thinking about thinking.
> 
 >with"metathinking" you have an English word unnaturally
>attached to a Greek one.  Either find out the Greek
>word for "thinking" and put "meta" in front of it, or
>find out what the proper word for "thinking about
>thinking" is.  "Epistemology," if I recall correctly

I thought that this term had been introduced to the list from the field of 
computing, or computer games, and that the analogy was thus with virtual 
reality vs real life, rather than it meaning 'thinking about thinking'. But 
I'm not sure.

Eloise


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