Dialectical Readings

Dunning, Stephen

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“…This contrast-rooted dialectical dynamic permeates developmental change processes in multiple domains, including not only individual personality (e.g., Linehan, 1993), interpersonal relationships (e.g., Baxter & Montgomery, 1998), and society (e.g., Buss, 1979), but also ideas themselves (cf. Dunning, 1997; Hanna, 1994). Indeed, Rychlak's (1976b) passionate call for appreciating the singular relevance and heuristic power of dialectical thinking for the social and human sciences warrants reiteration.…”

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“…While multiple meanings have come to define a dialectic, Rychlak (1976b) crystallized that the “core meaning” (p. 14) is that of bipolarity, wherein two elements stand in direct and dynamic opposition or contradiction to one another. Prototypically embodied in Hegel's classic “thesis–antithesis” duality, others have depicted this configuration in terms of “binary oppositions” (Dunning, 1997, p. 4), “internal opposing forces” (Linehan, 1993, p. 32), and “unified opposites” (Baxter & Montgomery, 1998, p. 4). Downing (2000), contributing an important elaboration that further underpins dialecticism's direct pertinence to bridging theory, distinguished between dialectic as an ontology and as a method.…”

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Pursuing a unifying paradigm for psychotherapy: Tasks, dialectical considerations, and biopsychosocial systems metatheory.

Anchin¹

2008

Journal of Psychotherapy Integration

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This article focuses on salient issues and directions in pursuing a unifying paradigm for psychotherapy. This endeavor is placed in historical context, followed by discussion of the author's definition of unification and of benefits that can accrue from this pursuit. Subsequently, attention is devoted to the core challenge of reconciling the quest for unity with the enormous, functionally invaluable plurality of knowledge elements deriving from the multiple paradigms guiding psychotherapy theory, research, and practice. Based on Staats (1991Staats ( , 1999, three tasks necessary for addressing this tension are delineated: undertaking unifying theory analysis to reduce conceptual redundancy; developing bridging theory to unify divergencies, facilitated by dialectical thinking and formulation; and unifying research methodologies in psychotherapy. Discussion then turns to biopsychosocial systems metatheory as a framework for a unifying psychotherapeutic paradigm. In this context, the author examines interrelationship and process as fundamental unifying principles; insights from cybernetics, chaos theory, and their synthesis; and implications of the systems paradigm for unificationoriented scientific inquiry.

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Pursuing a unifying paradigm for psychotherapy: Tasks, dialectical considerations, and biopsychosocial systems metatheory.

Anchin¹

2008

Journal of Psychotherapy Integration

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Postmodernism Paradigm and its View on the Existence of Language

Sudartini

2024

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Objective: The emergence of postmodernism as a continuation and correction of the shortcomings of modernism is expected to provide new alternatives and complement the repertoire of human thinking, especially about the existence of language and culture. Although, in principle, all paradigms of thinking have their own advantages and disadvantages. This paper aims to examine the issues surrounding the postmodernism paradigm, which is focused on two main things, namely: the concept and basic principles of the paradigm and the view of the postmodern paradigm in relation to the existence of language phenomena. Method: Methodologically, this article is based on a literature study, which is conducted by identifying various theories related to postmodernism, to answer the problems that have been raised. Results and Discussion: From the results of this study, the following conclusions can be drawn. Firstly, the postmodernism paradigm is an approach to philosophy, art and culture that emerged as a response to the ideas and values of modernism that were dominant in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Postmodernism rejects the idea that there is a single narrative or truth that can explain the world, and instead, emphasizes the diversity, complexity and relative nature of everything. Second, in the context of its view on language, postmodernism offers several perspectives, among which the key ones are openness to the plurality of languages, the destruction of the concept of binaries and oppositions, the importance of meta-narrative, and intertextuality. Postmodernism is present to provide an alternative to new ways of thinking in knowledge, especially by prioritizing the principle of respecting differences in plural particularities, as a counter to the thesis of modernism which believes in the importance of the principle of uniformity and universality. Research Implications: Studying the postmodernist paradigm and its views on language can open insight into the complexity and dynamics of language in various contexts. This influences how we understand the world, interact with others, and organize our knowledge. Originality/Value: The value and originality of the study of postmodernism and language paradigms lies in its ability to raise new questions, provoke critical thinking, and open space for new developments in various disciplines and cultural practices.

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Dialectical Readings

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Pursuing a unifying paradigm for psychotherapy: Tasks, dialectical considerations, and biopsychosocial systems metatheory.

Pursuing a unifying paradigm for psychotherapy: Tasks, dialectical considerations, and biopsychosocial systems metatheory.

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