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Pignatiello, Vincent Mario, II
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1370270934

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2013, Psy. D., Antioch University, Antioch New England: Clinical Psychology.
A clinician is entrusted with the difficult task of organizing, integrating, and formulating a vast amount of information provided by a patient in order to conduct therapy. Typically, a theoretical paradigm is employed in this endeavor. This paper constructs a theory of theoretical paradigms—a meta-theory—to understand better how clinicians organize and understand patient information. The theory of theory posits that theoretical paradigms function as complex metaphors developed within a culture. The argument presented here utilizes research from various areas of psychology—including those focusing on cognitive research, psycholinguistics, and philosophy of theory—to develop the meta-theory. The central thesis of this research is that theoretical paradigms function as metaphors, which were developed within a given historical-cultural context.
Theodore Ellenhorn, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
William Slammon, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Ronald Cobb, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
113 p.
Clinical Psychology
meta-theory; theoretical paradigms; metaphor; psycholinguistics

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  • Pignatiello, II, V. M. (2013). Meta-for [Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1370270934

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Pignatiello, II, Vincent. Meta-for. 2013. Antioch University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1370270934.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Pignatiello, II, Vincent. "Meta-for." Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1370270934

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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