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PEIRCE'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO CONSTRUCTIVISM AND
PERSONAL CONSTRUCT PSYCHOLOGY: II. SCIENCE, LOGIC AND INQUIRY |
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Harry G. Procter |
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Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Hertfordshire, UK
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Abstract
Kelly suggested that it was useful to
consider anyone as functioning as a scientist, in the business of applying
theories, making hypotheses and predictions and testing them out in the
practice of everyday life. One of Charles Peirce’s major contributions was to
develop the disciplines of logic and the philosophy of science. We can deepen
and enrich our understanding of Kelly’s vision by looking at what Peirce has to
say about the process of science. For Peirce, the essence of science was the
application of the laws of inference. He developed a much broader concept of
logic, elaborating the processes of deduction and induction and adding to these
the logic of hypothetical inference, or “abduction”, even as Kelly broadened it
further in his “departure from classical logic”. Examining the implications of
these three forms of inference allows us to elaborate the dynamics involved in
the process of construing, ordinacy and the cycles of experience, creativity
and decision making.
This is the second of a three part series
examining the relationship between the work of Peirce and Kelly.
The third will include a look at
phenomenology, bipolarity, the self, dialogical process and sociological
considerations.
Keywords :Peirce,
Kelly, pragmatism, personal construct psychology, constructivism
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About the author
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Harry Procter, PhD has
developed and continues to elaborate Personal and Relational Construct
Psychology which is based in PCP and more generally Systemic Constructivism.
Whilst focussed on families, the approach can be applied to understanding and
working with individuals, groups and organisations. He worked for thirty years
as a clinical psychologist with the NHS in the West of England. He specialised
in the areas of both child and adult mental health, childhood learning
disabilities and autism. He has published over 40 papers and chapters on the
theoretical, methodological and practical aspects of his approach and he has
edited two volumes of the selected papers of Milton H. Erickson for Paidos
Publications, Barcelona.
Email: harryprocter20@gmail.com
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Procter, H. G. (2014). Peirce's contributions to constructivism and
personal construct psychology: II. Science, logic and inquiry.
Personal
Construct Theory & Practice, 13, Suppl. No 1, 210-xx, 2016
(Retrieved from http://www.pcp-net.org/journal/pctp16/procter16.pdf)
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