What is under consideration is not the ontological state of affairs, but the ontological commitments of a discourse. What there is does not in general depend on one’s use of language, but what one says there is does. American philosopher W.V.O. Quine (1908-2000) ...
Eric Maisel interviewed Hugh Polk, psychiatrist and social therapist, for his The Future of Mental Health series. ...
Eric Maisel interviewed me on social therapy for his The Future of Mental Health Series at Psychology Today...
Instead of thinking that you have to put pieces together that will add up to a whole, I think you have to start with the premise that they're already together and you try to keep from destroying life by segmenting it,...
Here's a unique and exciting opportunity—Apply to be a Fulani Fellow! This fellowship will be a rigorous introduction to and immersion in the on-the-ground ?practice, methodology, and approach to human development employed in the programs of the All Stars Project. The fellowship is designed as an opportunity for young professionals to train...
My friend and colleague Cathy Salit, CEO of Performance of a Lifetime and an East Side Institute faculty member, has a new book coming out on April 12. For many years, Cathy and her team have brought the power of performance to the people who work in hundreds of global companies...
2015 AAAS Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award Goes to Social Psychologist Jean Maria Arrigo Jean Maria Arrigo, who confronted systematic efforts by the American Psychological Association (APA) to allow and conceal the involvement of psychologists in the torture and abuse of detainees following the September 11 attacks, has been awarded the...
Posted on independentvoting.org, "I Can't Caucus For Bernie Because I'm an Independent" My name is Catana L Barnes. I am an independent voter and the president of Independent Voters of Nevada, I would like to caucus for Bernie Sanders but the state of Nevada and the Democratic Party of Nevada require that...
Thanks to the dozens of people who created conversation with me the week of Februry 8-12 on my book-in-progress, The Overweight Brain. You can view the online running conversation—so thoughtful and playful—and view or listen to the live chat. Video recording of the webinar with Lois Holzman on The Overweight Brain: Audio...
If there is something you wish to know and by meditation you cannot find it, my advice to you, my ingenious friend, is: speak about it with the first acquaintance you encounter. Heinrich von Kleist (1777-1811) “On the Gradual Production of Thoughts Whilst Speaking” ...