Λογική και Ψυχοθεραπεία
A Greek psychologist argues for a view of psychotherapy grounded in human biology, critical reasoning, and the limits of what we know.
Feels like curiosity, wonder and unease. About identity, society and morality.
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Reality reaches us through instruments that have limits.
Ο τρόπος κατανόησης της πραγματικότητας απαιτεί τη λειτουργία αισθητηρίων οργάνων, τα οποία προσλαμβάνουν τα υλικά μηνύματα που μεταφέρονται μέσω νευρικών ώσεων στον εγκέφαλο, ο οποίος τα μετασχηματίζει και τα μετουσιώνει σε συνειδητή απεικόνιση της πραγματικότητας. Ο εγκέφαλος δεν είναι παντογνώστης, όπως ο μυθικός θεός των πρωτόγονων, αλλά ένα βιολογικό όργανο με συγκεκριμένες γνωσιακές δυνατότητες, μικρές ή μεγάλες. Γιάννης Παπαδάτος.The book places psychotherapy in conversation with evolutionary biology and philosophy of science, including Karl Popper’s account of testable theories.
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