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ERIC Number: EJ401859
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1989
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The (Even) Bolder Model: The Clinical Psychologist as Metaphysician-Scientist-Practitioner.
O'Donohue, William
American Psychologist, v44 n12 p1460-68 Dec 1989
Examines the roles of metaphysics in science and psychotherapy. Examines the views of Karl Popper and Imre Lakatos. Concludes that psychotherapy involves metaphysics in the following ways: (1) problem choice; (2) research and therapy design; (3) observation statements; (4) resolving the Duhemian problem; and (5) including anomalous results in hypotheses. (JS)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Clinical Psychology, Counseling Techniques, Counselor Role, Design, Psychologists, Psychotherapy, Research Design, Role Theory
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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