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Should psychology be ‘positive’? Letting the philosophers speak: Commentary on... Hope, optimism and delusion
This is a brief commentary on the value of optimism in therapy. It draws on the philosophical writings of Schopenhauer and Aristotle. It suggests that the modern preoccupation with optimism may be as extreme as the bleak pessimistic outlook favoured by Schopenhauer.
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Royal College of Psychiatrists
2014
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4115404/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25237498 http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/pb.bp.113.045823 |
| Sumario: | This is a brief commentary on the value of optimism in therapy. It draws on the philosophical writings of Schopenhauer and Aristotle. It suggests that the modern preoccupation with optimism may be as extreme as the bleak pessimistic outlook favoured by Schopenhauer. |
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