Testing the limits of Henriques' proposal: Wittgensteinian lessons and hermeneutic dialogue

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 107-120

  Slife, Brent ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hermeneutic dialogue; Qualitative research; Spiritual therapy strategies; Tree of Knowledge (ToK) System; Wittgenstein

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; SCIENCE; SELF CONCEPT; SPEECH; THINKING; TREE OF KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM;

HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LANGUAGE; NATURAL SCIENCES; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RESEARCH; SPIRITUAL THERAPIES;

EID: 12144279526     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20093     Document Type: Review

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