Thinking in terms of internal parts is a mental model that a good portion of the LW community that’s interested in self-improvements techniques can use. You need it for the Internal Double Crux technique that CFAR teaches.
Yet, it’s not the only model out there. I personally rather do a version of Leverage’s belief reporting that assumes I as a whole either hold a belief or don’t then doing parts work if I believe that a specific belief that I can identify is the issue.
As far as abstraction goes, I think it’s a key feature for self-introspection. If you are mentally entangled with the part that you are introspecting you won’t see it clearly.
A lot of meditation is about reaching a mental state where you can look at your thoughts without being associated with them.
Thinking in terms of internal parts is a mental model that a good portion of the LW community that’s interested in self-improvements techniques can use. You need it for the Internal Double Crux technique that CFAR teaches.
Yet, it’s not the only model out there. I personally rather do a version of Leverage’s belief reporting that assumes I as a whole either hold a belief or don’t then doing parts work if I believe that a specific belief that I can identify is the issue.
As far as abstraction goes, I think it’s a key feature for self-introspection. If you are mentally entangled with the part that you are introspecting you won’t see it clearly.
A lot of meditation is about reaching a mental state where you can look at your thoughts without being associated with them.