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Metaphorical Interpretations Of The Neurotic Paradox, Mark J. Weaver
Metaphorical Interpretations Of The Neurotic Paradox, Mark J. Weaver
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
This is a theoretical/philosophical paper which is intended to bring to the reader's attention an emerging literature and discussion which holds potentially productive consequences for the understanding of man. This thesis does not offer completed formulations or empirical groundings. The purpose is to create a basis for dialogue.
This paper will initially specify a current conflict in psychology around the different metaphors used to define the image of man. A theoretical/philosophical basis for viewing the process of generating models of man and his behavior as essentially "metaphorical" is then presented. A specific category of human behavior known as the neurotic …