Kegan described the core transition between his stages as a subject-object distinction which feels like a take that emphasizes a self-oriented internal view. Another possibility is that the transition involves the machinery by which we do theory of mind. I.e. Kegan 5 is about having theory of mind about Kegan stage 4 such that you can reason about what other people are doing when they do Kegan 4 mental moves. If true, this might imply that internal family systems could help people level up by engaging their social cognition and ability to model a belief that ‘someone else’ has.
This would tie Kegan more closely/continuously with traditional childhood psychological development. Introspecting on my own experience, it feels like Theory of Mind is an underrated explanation for interpersonal differences in how people experience the world.
Kegan described the core transition between his stages as a subject-object distinction which feels like a take that emphasizes a self-oriented internal view. Another possibility is that the transition involves the machinery by which we do theory of mind. I.e. Kegan 5 is about having theory of mind about Kegan stage 4 such that you can reason about what other people are doing when they do Kegan 4 mental moves. If true, this might imply that internal family systems could help people level up by engaging their social cognition and ability to model a belief that ‘someone else’ has.
This would tie Kegan more closely/continuously with traditional childhood psychological development. Introspecting on my own experience, it feels like Theory of Mind is an underrated explanation for interpersonal differences in how people experience the world.
Now we can define Kegan stages for all ordinal numbers. Neat!
When you say theory of mind do you mean one that is conscious or intuitive? Or does this refer to the Kegan transition stages?
Conscious theory of mind, though aspects are operating subconsciously also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_mind#Theory_of_mind_in_adults