objectivity – A New Vision for Mental Health

Skepticism, Psychosis, and Hallucinations as Evidence for Our Beliefs

Author: Editorial 31st January 2022 0 Comments

This essay by Bradley Astra Aldridge has been published on the website of the BC Hearing Voices Network. It begins: “Sextus Empiricus was a physician and ancient philosopher who argued that human beings should be suspicious of our capacity for knowledge,…
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What are the constructivist approaches?

Author: Editorial 30th May 2019 0 Comments

The question of subjectivity and the creation of meaning is one of enormous importance to the field of mental health. In this context, consider the following Frequently Asked Question from the website of Constructive Foundations (an interdisciplinary journal): “What are the constructivist approaches?…
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The Pursuit of Objectivity in Psychology

Author: Editorial 2nd May 2019 1 Comment

This book has been written by Mattias Desmet, a professor at Ghent University in Belgium. The publishers say: “For about a decade, academic psychology finds itself in a crisis. Replication of the vast majority of research findings fails, the field is…
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