过程哲学的心理学意蕴

Psychological Implications of Process Philosophy

怀特海的过程哲学对心理学及心理治疗的重要意蕴在于,它为不同取向和旨趣的心理学领域提供了一种一以贯之、有效沟通的整合思维方式和总体性理论。通过分析感受、摄入、现实际遇、因果效应等怀特海哲学的重要概念,并把它们引入心理学及心理治疗,通过对心理疗法简史、神经科学和心理治疗的过程视角以及超个人心理学的分析,揭示过程哲学的心理学意蕴,对深化过程哲学和心理学及心理治疗研究具有重要的理论和实践意义。

The field of psychology has suffered from the lack of an overarching theory capable of providing coherent connections and effective communication between its diverse areas of interest.In this article,I present some thoughts on how a process approach can furnish psychology with a meta-theory that offers basic concepts widely applicable throughout the psychological field.First,I describe several metaphysical innovations found in the philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead that prove particularly useful in this regard.Then,as an illustration,I apply them to the field of neuroscience.Finally,we turn an eye to the field of psychological counseling or psychotherapy to further explore what a process-informed psychology might look like.