Tag: Scientific method

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 →

Critical Education Articles Placed in the Teacher Staff Lounge While I Was a Teacher, Part Sixteen: The Mechanistic Learning in Schools Versus a Democratic and Living Way of Learning

This is a continuation of a series of posts on summaries of articles, mainly on education. When I was a French teacher at Ashern Central School, in Ashern, Manitoba, Canada, I started to place critiques, mainly (although not entirely) of the current school system. At first, I merely printed off the articles, but then I … Continue reading Critical Education Articles Placed in the Teacher Staff Lounge While I Was a Teacher, Part Sixteen: The Mechanistic Learning in Schools Versus a Democratic and Living Way of Learning →