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Author Archive for Rick Leonhardt – Page 63

Comment: The Grand Narrative of No Grand Narrative

Comment on: What does President Obama really believe? – Yahoo! News. by Jacob Bronsther – Fri Jan 21, 2011 This morning (as per my habit), I was scanning the headlines over at YahooNews. The article What does President Obama really believe? by Jacob Bronsther caught my eye. Bronsther makes the same grumbling that I have made […]

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Philanthropy: All Over the Place, All Over the Place

Comment on: Tax breaks for wealthy donors: Schools struggle, while the rich fund golf tourneys – CSMonitor.com. by Susan Froetschel / January 24, 2011 The above news item caught my eye. I think it’s right. Philanthropy is all over the place (philosophically), all over the place (geographically). The people who are making big bucks (like […]

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Why Vitalism? Freud … Asked and Answered

First, thanks to my blog readers for all the emails you have sent me in response to the BLT blog posts that I have written over the last many months. Now, if I could just get you to leave post comments as opposed to sending me emails (hint hint). I guess the blog format is […]

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Comment: What Happens When We Lose Our Conceptual Rudder

Comment on the following article: Why We Should Take Jared Loughner’s Politics Seriously. — by Steve Striffler As many of you know, I like to read the articles over at Truthout.org. When I see an article that catches my attention, I like to use the WordPress (the blogging software being used here) feature known as […]

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Hold the Presses—Why Are We So Attached to the Vitalism of Bowlbian Attachment Theory?

In a series of posts that started back on December 9th, 2010, I’ve been looking at the following question: “Do mothers (therapists) really attach to their babies (clients)?” I’ve suggested that within a reductionistic worldview, the answer is probably “yes.” However, within a naturalistic systems theory worldview (the one that Bowlby principally used), the answer […]

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