Jason: Thank you for this article. It is deeply relevant to my thinking. I will read it. Mike Michael F. 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My line of thinking was basically that if basic disagreements cannot be resolved *within* schools of thought, than it seems unlikely that even bigger disagreements *between* schools of thought will ever be resolved. > > And since you brought up the concept of a dialectical process, I think you might find this 2003 paper interesting, "Fragmentation in contemporary psychology: A dialectical solution <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__pdfs.semanticscholar.org_013e_c3bca8ed4c1b8c5a9c25de167ffe8b89fc2a.pdf&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=yR-AkoXMAr1yml5jsfnklgXwiU0F84tDq33AzYd1IXc&s=X-QbWaC1lXXRrKh0wLsuJ32Bdfad2C4BhFORGH3g22c&e=>". > > ~ Jason > On Sunday, May 17, 2020, 10:10:19 AM EDT, Henriques, Gregg - henriqgx <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Hi Jason, > > Just to clarify, when you say “psychology” are you talking more about the science of psychology or are you talking about the professional practice side of doing therapy? I ask because the way I would answer your question would depend on your focus. > > > If the focus is more on the professional practice side, then my answer is yes, these are the “big four” of individual level approaches (there are family and social systems approaches). As you may be aware, the key paper on this is CAST, linked here <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.gregghenriques.com_uploads_2_4_3_6_24368778_cast.pdf&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=yR-AkoXMAr1yml5jsfnklgXwiU0F84tDq33AzYd1IXc&s=4JWbPY_p_wReytIX39UOQ6Bc3BkYjxxZAnsKdM7CaNI&e=>. > > > Best, > > Gregg > > > From: tree of knowledge system discussion <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of nysa71 > Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2020 9:59 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Unification *Within* Major Schools of Thought? > > > Hello ToK Society, > > So what would you consider the major schools of thought within psychology? Psychodynamics, Behaviorism, Cognitivism, Humanism? A few more? > > I ask because I wonder how prudent it would be to demonstrate how useful the ToK framework would be in regards to achieving unification *within* various schools of thought in psychology first before moving on to achieving unification *between* various schools of thought in psychology. > > > Just some food for thought. > > ~ Jason Bessey > > ############################ > > To unsubscribe from the TOK-SOCIETY-L list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] <mailto:mailto:[log in to unmask]> or click the following link: http://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=TOK-SOCIETY-L&A=1 <http://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=TOK-SOCIETY-L&A=1> > ############################ > To unsubscribe from the TOK-SOCIETY-L list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] <mailto:mailto:[log in to unmask]> or click the following link: http://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=TOK-SOCIETY-L&A=1 <http://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=TOK-SOCIETY-L&A=1>############################ > To unsubscribe from the TOK-SOCIETY-L list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] <mailto:mailto:[log in to unmask]> or click the following link: http://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=TOK-SOCIETY-L&A=1 <http://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=TOK-SOCIETY-L&A=1> ############################ To unsubscribe from the TOK-SOCIETY-L list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the following link: http://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=TOK-SOCIETY-L&A=1