Mindfulness and Subjective Knowledge

Abstract

Epistemologists identify different approaches to knowledge, but scholarship within kinesiology has been dominated by the scientific method. Although some scholarship with roots in existential philosophy and phenomenology focuses on subjective knowledge, that work seems to have little influence on current research. This paper proposes the need for a balance of scientific and subjective knowledge and examines what impact such a balance would have on research and on professional practice. Subjective knowledge requires reflection about experience. The concept of mindfulness is proposed as a meaningful approach to subjective knowledge.