language agnostic - Why is reflection called reflection instead of introspection?

Question

What is the origin of the term reflection? It seems more like introspection. Why isn't it called that?

Introspection: A looking inward; specifically, the act or process of self-examination.

Reflection:

1. the act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.
2. an image; representation; counterpart
3. a fixing of the thoughts on something; careful consideration
4. a thought occurring in consideration or meditation.

Answer 1

There is an interesting answer on the french wikipedia article for Reflection (here)

Reflection can be decomposed in two parts:

• introspection: a program can examine itself.
• intercession: a program can modify its state/meaning.

So reflection is a 'stronger' property than introspection. That's why you say type introspection for the ability to know types at runtime (and changing them is another action: conversion/casting).

EDIT: actually I just realized the first answer was saying exactly that ^^. Time to unplug myself...