Subjectivity Is No Object: Can Subject-Object Dualism Be Reconciled through Phenomenology?
Transpersonal psychology has at times critiqued the broader psychology field for perpetrating a somewhat arbitrary Cartesian subject-object divide. Some phenomenologists claim that reframing this purported divide as an experienced phenomenon can defuse its philosophical impact. If subjective experie...
| Published in: | International Journal of Transpersonal Studies Vol. 37; no. 2; pp. 144 - 167 |
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Floraglades Foundation, Inc.
2018
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