M.A. (Clinical Psychology) / The point of view followed in this study is that people create, through dialogue, contexts of consensus in terms of their ideas. These cognitive contexts, of which they were co-creators, comprise their realities. Various, divergent theories exist within the field of psychology. In this study an' attempt was made to illustrate how, by means if the recommended point of view, it becomes possible to comprehend the simultaneous existence of different theories. By first dividing theories into two groups, namely linear- and circular epistemology, it was demonstrated that each epistemology has ideas of its own, as well as a language of its own, for conveying these ideas. Thereafter, it was suggested that epistemologists co-create their own contexts of reality with their ideas through the process of languaging about these ideas. In the light of this it was suggested that the idea of any epistemology or theory being regarded as a domain of cognitive consensus, which was co-created by the epistemologist/s, becomes viable.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uj/uj:12106 |
| Date | 19 August 2014 |
| Creators | Combrinck, Maxie |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Rights | University of Johannesburg |
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