In my August 10th, 2010, post, I wrote the following (with my addition in brackets): In this section of vol. I [of Bowlby’s trilogy on attachment theory at about page 41], Bowlby deftly moves back and forth between mechanical systems and mechanical forms of linking and integrating (often referred to as cybernetics) and biological forms of […]
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Posted by Rick Leonhardt on
September 7, 2010
UPDATE – Norbert Wiener Also Bridged Mechanical and Biological Worlds
Posted by Rick Leonhardt on
August 10, 2010
Freud Is to Hydraulics What Bowlby Is to Control Systems
In my post of July 16th, 2010, I talked about how John Bowlby used the purpose or goal of mechanical control systems to argue that there is also a purpose or a goal to biological control systems. Here’s the quote by Bowlby (from page 41 of vol. I of his trilogy on attachment) that I […]
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Posted by Rick Leonhardt on
July 23, 2010
Attachment and Resilience: The Politics of Nature or Nuture
A colleague just sent over materials that contain the following quote by Nancy Davis: In the popular press and in many programs, “resilience” is frequently used as if it were a character trait, as in “John is very resilient.” However, using the term this way has had an unintended but serious negative consequence in that […]
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July 20, 2010
Considering Attachment Theory and Body-Mind: The “Dual” That Results
About a year ago I attended a presentation on resiliency in children. As I sat listening to the presentation I found myself saying something like, “The information on resiliency being presented here fits well with an attachment theory perspective.” As an example, the presenter said that resiliency does not come about simply because parents, family, […]
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July 16, 2010
Homing In on Bowlby’s Middle Ground Between Reductionism and Vitalism
In my BLT (Bowlby Less Traveled) post of June 29th, 2010, I mentioned the following quote by Bowlby from page 41 of vol. I of his trilogy on attachment: At one time to attribute purposiveness to animals or to build a psychology of human behavior on the concept of purposefulness was to declare oneself a […]
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