{"title":"And the Children Shall Lead: Abraham Maslow and the Adventure of Science","authors":"E. M. DeRobertis","doi":"10.1177/00221678221146347","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"In this brief commentary on Abraham Maslow’s (1969) Toward a Humanistic Biology, it is argued that Maslow’s engagement with life science was a way for him to highlight the importance of innovative research for the development of third-force psychology. The way Maslow envisioned psychology as involving two forms of objectivity indicate that had he been steeped in phenomenology, he likely would have endorsed a hermeneutic-phenomenological vision of science. It is further argued that his vision of the third force was inherently developmental and laced with cultural themes.","PeriodicalId":47290,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Humanistic Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3000,"publicationDate":"2022-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Humanistic Psychology","FirstCategoryId":"102","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00221678221146347","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
In this brief commentary on Abraham Maslow’s (1969) Toward a Humanistic Biology, it is argued that Maslow’s engagement with life science was a way for him to highlight the importance of innovative research for the development of third-force psychology. The way Maslow envisioned psychology as involving two forms of objectivity indicate that had he been steeped in phenomenology, he likely would have endorsed a hermeneutic-phenomenological vision of science. It is further argued that his vision of the third force was inherently developmental and laced with cultural themes.
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The Journal of Humanistic Psychology is an interdisciplinary forum for contributions, controversies and diverse statements pertaining to humanistic psychology. It addresses personal growth, interpersonal encounters, social problems and philosophical issues. An international journal of human potential, self-actualization, the search for meaning and social change, the Journal of Humanistic Psychology was founded by Abraham Maslow and Anthony Sutich in 1961. It is the official journal of the Association for Humanistic Psychology.