Experiencing and the Creation of Meaning : A Philosophical and Psychological Approach to the Subjective

, by Gendlin, Eugene T., Ph.D.

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PREFACE TO THE PAPER EDITION

(14)

PREFACE

xxv

INTRODUCTION

(1)

1. Things, Logic, and Experiencing

(9)

2. A Description of Experiencing

(6)

3. The Demands of Existentialism and of Logical Positivism Can be Included

(5)

4. Preconceptual Experiencing Is the Basic Factor to Which Are Due the Many Current Calls for a New Methodology in the Behavioral Sciences

(3)

5. The Preconceptual Character of Experiencing

(5)

6. Content Concepts Are Ineffective to Organize Observations

(5)

7. Illustrations in the Area of Psychotherapy

(10)

I THE PROBLEM OF EXPERIENCED MEANING

(19)

[A] Statement of the Problem

(4)

[B] A Few Problems That Lead to the Problem of Experienced Meaning

(8)

1. Method in Psychology

(3)

2. Problems in Psychology

(4)

3. Experience as a Source of Meaning

(1)

4. The Dependence of Intellect

(1)

[C] Certain Related Issues That Are Not Involved in the Present Task

(7)

1. The Validity of Cognition

(2)

2. The Causation of Cognition

(1)

3. Example and Discussion of the Separation of the Present Problem from These Problems

(3)

II DEMONSTRATION THAT FELT MEANING FUNCTIONS IN COGNITION

(27)

Introduction

(2)

[A] Demonstration That Felt Meaning Occurs in All Cases of Human Cognition

(6)

1. Thought

(2)

2. Observation

(1)

3. Action

(1)

4. Speech

(1)

5. Art, Religion, Emotion, Persons

(1)

[B] Demonstration That Felt Meaning Performs Specific Functions Necessary in Cognition, Other than the Experienced or Associated Parallel Side of Cognition

(19)

1. Problem Solving

(4)

2. Remembering or Articulating

(2)

3. Psychotherapy

(13)

III HOW FELT MEANING FUNCTIONS

(48)

[A] Parallel Functional Relationships of Felt Meaning in Cognition

(20)

1. Direct Reference

(9)

2. Recognition

100

(6)

3. Explication

106

(4)

Summary

110

(1)

[B] Creative Functional Relationships ("Specific," "Nonparallel")

111

(27)

1. Metaphor

113

(4)

2. Comprehension

117

(10)

3. Relevance

127

(7)

4. Circumlocution

134

(4)

IV CHARACTERISTICS OF EXPERIENCED MEANING AS FUNCTIONING IN NEW SYMBOLIZATION

138

(35)

[A] Experienced Meaning Is Not Determined by Logical Relationships, But Does Not Function Arbitrarily

140

(8)

1. Reversal of the Usual Philosophic Procedure

140

(4)

2. What Determines the Creation of Meanings?

144

(3)

Summary

147

(1)

[B] Characteristics of Experienced Meaning as Functioning in New Symbolization

148

(25)

Introduction

148

(3)

1. The Non-numerical Character of Experience

151

(2)

2. The "Multischematic" Character of Experience

153

(6)

3. Meanings Are Likenesses and Vice Versa

159

(1)

4. Relation or Relata

160

(1)

5. Multiplicity

163

(1)

6. Any Concept Is One of Many

163

(1)

7. Any Experienced Meaning Can (Partly) Schematize (Creatively Determine) a New Aspect of Another Experienced Meaning

164

(3)

8. Every Experience Is Capable of Having an Aspect Schematized by Any Other Experience

167

(4)

9. Creative Regress

171

(2)

V THE PRINCIPLE OF UNIVERSALS: "IOFI"

173

(32)

Introduction

173

(2)

1. Methodological Questions Can Refer to the Kind of Experiencing Involved in a Meaning and Its Role in Discourse

175

(7)

2. Specifying Experiencing as an Instance of Itself

182

(2)

3. Reflexivity: Experiencing as an "Iofi" Is Meaning

184

(3)

4. Applicability of "Iofi"

187

(5)

5. "Iofi" Is the Principle of the Functional Relationships

192

(1)

6. An Optional Distinction Among the Functional Relationships Applied to "Iofi" and to Relativity

193

(4)

7. "Iofi," Relativity, and an Exemplary Issue Mutually Applied to Each Other

197

(3)

8. Reflexivity

200

(2)

9. The "Iofi" Principle and Traditional Philosophy

202

(3)

VI APPLICATION IN PHILOSOPHY

205

(21)

[A] Principles of Philosophic Method as Implied by Relativity

206

(13)

1. Countless Possible Meanings

208

(1)

2. Determinacy

208

(1)

3. Optional Formulation

209

(1)

4. Open Schemes

209

(2)

5. Evaluation of Schemes

211

(1)

6. The Relativity of All Terms

212

(2)

7. Functional Equality

214

(2)

8. Logical Form

216

(3)

[B] Conclusions Regarding Certain Philosophic Problems

219

(7)

VII APPLICATION TO PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY AND RESEARCH

226

(49)

[A] Terms That Refer to Experiencing

227

(18)

Introduction

227

(1)

1. The Task: To Make Scientific Reference to Experiencing Possible

228

(2)

2. Observations of the Function of Experiencing

230

(6)

3. How "Experiencing" Can Be Known and Defined (Some Definitions of Terms)

236

(9)

[B] Current Issues in the Theory of Psychotherapy

245

(23)

1. Degree and Kind of Conceptualization in Therapy

245

(6)

2. Experience and "Congruence"

251

(11)

3. The Role of Other Kinds of Symbolization

262

(6)

[C] Relationship Between the Proposed Method and Logical Positivism and Operationalism in Psychology

268

(7)

1. Prior to the First Positivistic Stage of an Investigation

269

(2)

2. At the Stage After Operational Conclusions

271

(1)

3. New Forms and Principles of Inquiry

272

(3)

APPENDIX TO CHAPTER I

275

(20)

Husserl

276

(4)

1. Phenomenological Method

276

(1)

2. The Experience of Meaning Can Be Distinguished and Has a Distinct Function in Cognition

276

(1)

3. The Experience of Meaning Is Distinguished from Images and from Perceptions

277

(2)

4. Meaning Is Experienced as Distinct from Symbolic Thought

279

(1)

Sartre

280

(6)

Merleau-Ponty

286

(2)

I. A. Richards

288

(7)

INDEX

295

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