Mapping Psychic Reality: Triangulation, Communication, and Insight (The Psychoanalytic Ideas Series) ISBN-13: 9780367106881

Author: Rose, James

Brand: Routledge

Edition: 1

Number Of Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 9780367106881

Release Date: 14-06-2019

Languages: English

Binding: Hardcover

Package Dimensions: 9.0 x 5.7 x 0.7 inches

Details: This book is about how we can deepen our understanding of subjectivity through the use of the concept of triangulation. Fundamentally, this book seeks to address the question of how we can be objective about subjectivity. If psychology, as a scientific discipline, is concerned with the study of human experience, which is essentially subjective; then we are faced with the problem of how apply the scientific method, as it is commonly understood. If experience is essentially unique to the experiencer, then there seems to be a basic incompatibility with the scientific method. As currently practised, this method searches for psychic phenomena, which can be validly measured e.g. intelligence; showing a range of individual differences. But this does not enable us to examine individual experience. An individuals experience seems to become impenetrable because generalisation across different individuals experience entails the loss of individuality in the generalisation.