The Cybernetic Metaphor: A Critical Examination of Ecosystemic Epistemology as a Foundation of Family Therapy |
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Authors: | PAUL R FALZER PHD |
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Institution: | Therapist in private practice, Olympia and Seattle, Washington. Address inquiries to the author at 108 West 22nd, Suite 14, Olympia, Washington 98501. |
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Abstract: | This article proposes that recent disputes between two groups of family therapists, represented by Watzlawick and Keeney, have a substantive base as yet unexplicated in current literature. However, guiding principles of the approach known as ecosystemic epistemology have received considerable attention by Wittgenstein, a colleague of Russell's, and Rorty, a contemporary philosopher. Both contend that the prospect of systematizing language and culture may be ill advised. The article suggests that discussion regarding the nature and practice of family therapy ought not be confined to epistemological thinking. |
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