Q – Do mothers (therapists) really attach to their babies (clients)? A – George Lakoff—cognitive scientist turned political frame guru—tells an interesting anecdote. Apparently a liberal journalist was interviewing then Vice President Dick Cheney. After the journalist posed his question to the VP, Cheney thought for a moment and simply stated: “I don’t accept the […]
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Archive for Ludwig von Bertalanffy – Page 4
Posted by Rick Leonhardt on
December 9, 2010
Q – Do Mothers (Therapists) Really Attach to Their Babies (Clients)?
Posted by Rick Leonhardt on
September 7, 2010
UPDATE – Norbert Wiener Also Bridged Mechanical and Biological Worlds
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
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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