Critique of a Book Used by Many Psychologists and Psychiatrists to Oppress Patients, Part Five: John Dewey’s Theory of Science Versus Modern Psychology’s View of Science

Introduction This is the final part of a series of posts on my criticism of the pseudo-science presented by Dr. David Burns by using the theory of science (the logic of scientific inquiry) developed by John Dewey, an American philosopher. As I indicated in another post (A Worker’s Resistance to the Capitalist Government or State … Continue reading Critique of a Book Used by Many Psychologists and Psychiatrists to Oppress Patients, Part Five: John Dewey’s Theory of Science Versus Modern Psychology’s View of Science →

Critique of a Book Used by Many Psychologists and Psychiatrists to Oppress Patients, Part Four

Introduction This is the fourth of a five-part series of posts that criticize a book that serves to oppress individuals, whether they have mental health problems or not. As I indicated in another post (see Critique of a Book Used by Many Psychologists and Psychiatrists to Oppress Patients, Part One), I engaged in a partial critique … Continue reading Critique of a Book Used by Many Psychologists and Psychiatrists to Oppress Patients, Part Four →

Critique of a Book Used by Many Psychologists and Psychiatrists to Oppress Patients, Part Three

Introduction This is the third of a five-part series of posts that criticize a book that serves to oppress individuals, whether they have mental health problems or not. Leftists rarely refer to the various ways in which working-class people and community members are oppressed by professionals; this is one of the reasons for their failure … Continue reading Critique of a Book Used by Many Psychologists and Psychiatrists to Oppress Patients, Part Three →

Critique of a Book Used by Many Psychologists and Psychiatrists to Oppress Patients, Part One

Introduction This is the first of a five-part series of posts that criticize a book that serves to oppress individuals, whether they have mental health problems or not. As I indicated in another post (A Worker’s Resistance to the Capitalist Government or State and Its Representatives, Part Nine), I engaged in a partial critique of the … Continue reading Critique of a Book Used by Many Psychologists and Psychiatrists to Oppress Patients, Part One →