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Understanding the Growing Resentment Directed Toward Biology and Nature—The Philosophy of John Searle

In an earlier blog post I mentioned a book by Robin Dunbar and his colleagues entitled Evolutionary Psychology. Dunbar et al. draw heavily from the work of philosopher John Searle. Using Searle’s work as a background, Dunbar et al. make an observation that stunned me. Consider the following quote: Searle argues that language and ToM […]

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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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Why Does Attachment Theory Have Such Low Self-Esteem?

Q – Why don’t we have better theoretical and clinical models with which to understand and treat low self-esteem issues? A – Before I try to tackle this question, a bit of a history lesson is in order here. The clinical model already exists. It has existed for over 50 years now. And it’s not […]

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“Less Traveled” Blog on John Bowlby’s Work Opens (Part 2)

SOBN (Sphere O’Blog News) – We ended Part 1 of this interview with a promise from you to provide us examples—drawn from the world of John Bowlby’s work—of what you mean by attachment “bacon,” attachment “lettuce,” and attachment “tomato.” Rick – Yes. To find a recent “bacon” or “core” or “object” example, I’d recommend an […]

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