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the interaction between rational analysis and subconscious processing,
the effectiveness of which depends primarily on the quality of the
rational analysis (Binswanger, 2014).
Let me explain. Our primary means of knowledge is reason: We per-
ceive our surroundings and our own thought processes and use logic to
integrate these perceptions, first into concepts based on direct percep-
tion and later into higher-level, more abstract concepts and principles.
We do this to save mental space; holding multiple perceptions in con-
scious awareness would soon clog our processing capacity. For example,
a child meets for the first time a hai