Author’s note: I am simulposting this post both at LinkedIn Pulse and at Bowlby Less Traveled. I recently finished reading history professor David Wootton’s 2015 book entitled The Invention of Science—A New History of the Scientific Revolution. In my first career I was a petroleum geologist, so I have a soft spot for the so-called […]
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“The Invention of Science”—What I Learned
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January 28, 2014
Truer Words: Philanthropists As Bridges Between Science and the Public
I recently finished reading a 1998 edited volume entitled A House Built on Sand: Exposing Postmodernist Myths About Science edited by Noretta Koertge. Each section of this book has a bit of introductory text. I’m assuming that these section introductions were written by Koertge but I’m not certain. For the purpose of this post I’ll […]
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January 14, 2011
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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January 6, 2011
The Philosophy of Attachment—Going Where No Man Has Gone Before
At the end of my post for January 4th, 2011, I mentioned that I was thinking about two possible routes. One, look more at the philosophical implications of Bowlby’s theory, or, two, take a look at an article by Dr. Carole Pistole wherein she frames the pressing social problem of unwanted teen pregnancy using The Grand […]
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Psychology and Philanthropy’s Attack on Darwin and Evolution Theory (part I of II)
On many days I wear three different hats: geologist, psychotherapist (in the field of counseling psychology), and philanthropist. I try to bring this wide-angle view to the work I do as a philanthropist making and monitoring grants primarily in the areas of mental health and human services. In this two-part blog series I’d like to […]
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