Humanistic Psychology’s Chief Task

To Reset Psychology on its Rightful Existential–Humanistic Base

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ID9020542
AuthorsKirk J Schneider (0000-0001-7152-2007, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume51
Issue4
Pages436-438
Publication date2011-09-12
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Humanistic Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-1678 • E-ISSN: 1552-650X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0022167811412190
OpenAlexW2055424939
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited4

SYNOPSISThis article examines professional psychology's shifting paradigms throughout the last 100 years, beginning with its roots in philosophy and concluding with its recent embrace of neuroscience. The main contention of this article is that the evolution of psychology is a philosophical as much as, if not more than, a scientific issue, and that the philosophical fashions of the given times tend to influence the focus of the profession. The author concludes that given this philosophical basis for psychological engagements, existential-humanistic philosophy can and should be the leading candidate for the emerging psychology of the future. In light of its holistic aims, it is argued that the existential-humanistic point of view provides the optimal opportunity to transform professional psychology from the narrow to the broad, and from the mechanical to the awe-based

Epistemology · Humanism · Humanistic psychology · Management · Psychoanalysis · Task (project management · Theology · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Applied Psychology · Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology

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