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Review
. 2022 Jun 13:13:710815.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.710815. eCollection 2022.

Dialectical Thinking: A Proposed Foundation for a Post-modern Psychology

Nikolay Veraksa  1 , Michael Basseches  2 , Angela Brandão  3
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Dialectical Thinking: A Proposed Foundation for a Post-modern Psychology

Nikolay Veraksa et al. Front Psychol. .

Abstract

For the authors, the way from a modern to a post-modern psychology requires dialectical thinking. Dialectical thinking recognizes the importance of contradiction, change, and synthesis; it also includes recognition of the value as well as limits of modern epistemological approaches. The article describes foundations for both ongoing efforts to understand and research the ontogeny of dialectical thinking and for appreciating the scope of dialectical thinking and its relevance for establishing a bridge from modern to post-modern psychology.

Keywords: dialectical thinking; limits of relativistic analyses; limits of universalistic-formal analyses; ontogeny; post-modern psychology; psychotherapy integration.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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The structure of dialectical cycle D2.
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