Philosophers have traditionally assumed that the basic units of knowledge and understanding are concepts, beliefs, and argumentative inferences. In Cognitive Pluralism, Steven Horst proposes that another sort of unit--a mental model of a content domain--is the fundamental unit o…
An argument that we understand the world through many special-purpose mental models of different content domains, and an exploration of the philosophical implications. Philosophers have traditionally assumed that the basic units of knowledge and understanding are concepts, belie…
Paradigms in theory construction
Paradigms in theory construction
Paradigms in Theory Construction Luciano LAbate, editor Without the framework of the paradigm supporting layers of theories, models, and data, our concept of science, and its shared mode of scholarly thought, would not exist. The concept is readily understood. But how did we get…
In Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy as a Science, Luciano L'Abate expands on his previously controversial ideas, taking to task the one-to-one, face-to-face, talking-cure paradigm that has been entrenched for over a century. Citing the rise of self-help manuals, workbooks, …