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A Note on Spinoza's Contribution to Systemic Therapy
Author(s) -
KRAEMER SEBASTIAN
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
family process
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.011
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1545-5300
pISSN - 0014-7370
DOI - 10.1111/j.1545-5300.1982.00353.x
Subject(s) - connotation , epistemology , value (mathematics) , systemic therapy , philosophy , natural (archaeology) , medicine , psychology , psychotherapist , computer science , history , linguistics , archaeology , cancer , machine learning , breast cancer
Writing 300 years ago the philosopher Spinoza anticipated some of the fundamental principles of systemic therapy, notably a respect for the remorseless logic of natural systems and the value of positive connotation. In the debate about the ethics of paradoxical methods, he offers a logical, and humble, defense.