The basic motivation of the article is that the authors experience their going into Zen as enlarging for their work as systemic psychotherapists. On this base they ask how Zen in the context of systemic psychotherapy - on a theoretical and on a practical level - can be seen and ...

| Zen and systemic therapy
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Problem • Radical constructivism, although having a very successful base in research on mathematics and science education, has not become a generally accepted theory of knowledge. This paper discusses possible sources of aversion.

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Why People Dislike Radical Constructivism

The author presents the elements of the postmodern perspective present in contemporary psychotherapy. Moreover, he indicates the usefulness of some therapeutic techniques, mirroring the tendencies represent- ative of postmodernism. The social constructionist perspective and its usefulness in family therapy will also be described alongside the advantages and dangers of applying ...

For cognitive systems, embodiment appears to be of crucial importance. Unfortunately, nobody seems to be able to define embodiment in a way that would prevent it from also covering its trivial interpretations such as mere situatedness in complex environments. The paper focuses on the definition of embodiment, especially whether physical ...

What are the consequences of this work? Fundamentally, it shows that the eye speaks to the brain in a language already highly organized and interpreted, instead of transmitting some more or less accurate copy of the distribution of light on the receptors. As a crude analogy, suppose we have a ...

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C. P. Snow r. 1959 uveřejnil knihu „The two cultures“ (Dvě kultury). Jedna z kultur je všechno to, co se běžně pod pojem kultura zahrnuje: výtvarné umění, krásná literatura, hudba, divadlo, film, a částečně i filozofie a společenské vědy – tedy „hommes de lettres“, kultura vzdělance v klasickém pojetí. Ta ...

Metaphors are used in everyday language and play a role in the therapeutic domain. "This paper: 1) Examines the linguistic structure of metaphors for its therapeutic relevance. 2) Introduces the concept and use of metaphoric kernel statements. 3) Describes strategic and tactical applications of metaphor in guided metaphoric: imagery work, ...

| The Use of Metaphors in Psychotherapy
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Příspěvek klade otázku, zda je psychoterapie, popřípadě psychologie jako jeden z jejích zdrojů, schopna přispět klientům v otázkách jejich světonázorové víry. Odpovídá, že takové přispění je možné tam, kde vyznávaná víra nebo osobní rozpaky, poruchové příznaky či zakoušené utrpení v souvislosti s ní jsou provázeny nebo působeny psychologickými motivy či ...

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Philosophy being nothing else but the study of wisdom and truth, it may with reason be expected that those who have spent most time and pains in it should enjoy a greater calm and serenity of mind, a greater clearness and evidence of knowledge, and be less disturbed with doubts ...