A New Synthesis for Solving the Problem of Psychology (Interview with Gregg Henriques)

For the 29th episode of the Integral Stage Authors series, Layman is joined by friend of the channel and creator of the Unified Theory of Knowledge (UTOK), Dr. Gregg Henriques, to talk about his new book, "A New Synthesis for Solving the Problem of Psychology: Addressing the Enlightenment Gap." In their dialogue, Gregg clarifies how the new synthesis he proposes critically examines mainstream academic psychology and highlights its fragmented nature; offers a new vision for the field, a unified system of knowledge for understanding both animal and human behavior; and explores how this vision makes sense of the relations between matter, mind, and social and scientific knowledge. What is the Enlightenment Gap, how is it related to the hard problem of consciousness, and how does UTOK reorganize the onto-epistemological field to make room for genuine progress and consilience? What impacts will this new model have on the practice of therapy?

Dr. Henriques is a Full Professor and a core faculty member in James Madison University's Combined-Integrated Clinical and School Psychology Doctoral Program. He is also a leader in the Unified Psychotherapy Movement, which attempts to use meta-theory to achieve an effective integrative scheme for the various psychotherapy paradigms.

A New Synthesis for Solving the Problem of Psychology

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[missh]

Love the "animal mindedness" component.

[roselotusmystic]

An interesting model
to
investigate
the
InterObSubJective
FourQuadrants (Integral)
of
the 'SubFields'
of
'Psychology'
🙏

[aaronmichaelseckman]

Better start a crypto currency/smart contract platform to trade and store the eventual psychological analysis that will emerge from the chatbot interface.

[scientious]

It's sad to see someone make so little progress after 25 years. Henriques' ideas aren't all wrong, but most are. I know that he had a lot of hope for his latest book, but it just isn't there. The book is 90% philosophy and intuitive assertions and only about 10% science.