The Problem with Therapeutic Science

Abstract

I have described important ontological differences in the objects of inquiry of psychological and natural science. Epistemological implications of these differences create a critical methodological dilemma for therapeutic science. This basic conundrum is unresolved by either traditional positivistic or alternative hermeneutic approaches to the conduct of therapeutic science. A greater understanding of this problem seems necessary if therapeutic science is either to advance or be radically reconsidered.

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