Editing Negative capability (section)

===Wilfred Bion===
The twentieth-century British psychoanalyst [[Wilfred Bion]] elaborated on Keats's term to illustrate an attitude of openness of mind which he considered of central importance, not only in the psychoanalytic session, but in life itself.<ref>Joan and Neville Symington, ''The Clinical Thinking of Wilfrid Bion'' (1996) p. 169</ref> For Bion, negative capability was the ability to tolerate the pain and confusion of not knowing, rather than imposing ready-made or omnipotent certainties upon an ambiguous situation or emotional challenge.<ref>Meg Harris Williams, ''The Aesthetic Development'' (2009)</ref> His idea has been taken up more widely in the British Independent School,<ref>Patrick Casement, ''Further Learning from the Patient'' (London 1990) p. 10 and p. 13-4</ref> as well as elsewhere in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.psychoanalysisdownunder.com.au/issues/8/papers/106 |title=Psychoanalysis Downunder |access-date=2 May 2018 |archive-date=4 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190304080230/http://psychoanalysisdownunder.com.au/issues/8/papers/106 |url-status=dead }}</ref>