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Erwin Straus and the Phenomenological Approach To Psychopathology

Erwin Straus and the Phenomenological Approach To Psychopathology 95 ERWIN STRAUS AND THE PHENOMENOLOGICAL APPROACH TO PSYCHOPATHOLOGY William F. Fischer, Ph.D. When I was invited to contribute a paper to an issue of the Journal of Phenomenological Psychology that would be devoted to the thought of Erwin Straus, I unreflectively assumed that my three years of participation in his Lexington seminars con- stituted a solid foundation for such a project. Further strenght- ening this assumption was the realization that Dr. Straus' insights into and characterizations of human phenomena, first encount- ered in those seminar sessions and subsequently refreshed and deepened in the course of my own teaching, have frequently re- curred to me while conducting seminars on personality theory and psychopathology. Hence, I accepted the invitation and set about the task of selecting a particular aspect of Dr. Straus' thought to thematize and discuss. Having recently concluded a course in which Dr. Straus' characterizations of psychopathology were compared with those of other existential-phenomenological theorists, I decided to commit myself to an in-depth examination of the meanings of psychopathology as he had articulated them. At first glance, such a project seemed both intriguing and manageable. However, in my concrete efforts at implementing this commitment, I soon came http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Phenomenological Psychology Brill

Erwin Straus and the Phenomenological Approach To Psychopathology

Journal of Phenomenological Psychology , Volume 7 (1): 95 – Jan 1, 1976

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Brill
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© 1976 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0047-2662
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1569-1624
DOI
10.1163/156916276X00205
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95 ERWIN STRAUS AND THE PHENOMENOLOGICAL APPROACH TO PSYCHOPATHOLOGY William F. Fischer, Ph.D. When I was invited to contribute a paper to an issue of the Journal of Phenomenological Psychology that would be devoted to the thought of Erwin Straus, I unreflectively assumed that my three years of participation in his Lexington seminars con- stituted a solid foundation for such a project. Further strenght- ening this assumption was the realization that Dr. Straus' insights into and characterizations of human phenomena, first encount- ered in those seminar sessions and subsequently refreshed and deepened in the course of my own teaching, have frequently re- curred to me while conducting seminars on personality theory and psychopathology. Hence, I accepted the invitation and set about the task of selecting a particular aspect of Dr. Straus' thought to thematize and discuss. Having recently concluded a course in which Dr. Straus' characterizations of psychopathology were compared with those of other existential-phenomenological theorists, I decided to commit myself to an in-depth examination of the meanings of psychopathology as he had articulated them. At first glance, such a project seemed both intriguing and manageable. However, in my concrete efforts at implementing this commitment, I soon came

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Published: Jan 1, 1976

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