THE REDIRECTION OF PSYCHOLOGY Essays in Honor of Amedeo P. Giorgi

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1 THE REDIRECTION OF PSYCHOLOGY Essays in Honor of Amedeo P. Giorgi Une édition du (An Edition of the) Cercle interdisciplinaire de recherches phénoménologiques (Cirp) (Interdisciplinary Circle of Phenomenological Research) Université du Québec à Montréal (University of Quebec in Montreal) Thomas F. Cloonan & Christian Thiboutot, responsables de l édition (Editors) 2010, p. iii

2 THE REDIRECTION OF PSYCHOLOGY Essays in Honor of Amedeo P. Giorgi Contributors Christopher M. Aanstoos, Ph.D. Marc Applebaum, Ph.D. Thomas F. Cloonan, Ph.D. Larry Davidson, Ph.D. Magnus Englander, Ph.D. Barbro M. Giorgi, Ph.D. Steen Halling, Ph.D. Mufid James Hannush, Ph.D. Bernd Jager, Ph.D. George Kunz, Ph.D. Bertha Mook, Ph.D. James Morley, Ph.D. Richard Rojcewicz, Ph.D. David L. Smith, C.S.Sp., Ph.D. Les Todres, Ph.D. Frederick Wertz, Ph.D. Akihiro Yoshida, Ph.D. University of West Georgia (United States) Saybrook University (United States) Marymount College of Fordham University (Emeritus) (United States) Yale University (United States) Malmö University (Sweden) Saybrook University (United States) Seattle University (United States) Rosemont College (United States) University of Quebec in Montreal (Canada) Seattle University (United States) University of Ottawa (Canada) Ramapo College (United States) Point Park University (United States) Duquesne University (United States) Bournemouth University (United Kingdom) Fordham University (United States) Shukutoku University & Tokyo University (Emeritus) (Japan) Thomas F. Cloonan & Christian Thiboutot, Editors 2010, p. v

3 Cirp Cercle interdisciplinaire de recherches phénoménologiques (Interdisciplinary Circle of Phenomenological Research) Département de psychologie Université du Québec à Montréal C.P. 8888, Succursale Centre-Ville Montréal, Québec H3C 3P8 (The Collective Works of the Cirp) (Online version: Tous droits de traduction et de reproduction réservés pour tous pays (All rights of translation and reproduction reserved in all countries) 2010 Cirp (Cercle Interdisciplinaire de recherches phénoménologiques) (Interdisciplinary Circle of Phenomenological Research) 2010, p. vi

4 Dedication While these essays were written to honor Amedeo Giorgi, the book itself is dedicated to the memory of his beloved wife, Barbro Giorgi ( ), who was his most significant inspiration and critic and whose untimely death has left all of us and the phenomenological world that much poorer. 2010, p. vii

5 Note From the Publisher s Editor The publication of The Redirection of Psychology: essays in honor of Amedeo P. Giorgi marks an important turning point in the history of the Cirp (le "Cercle interdisciplinaire de recherches phénoménologiques") and the Department of Psychology at the University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM). With this first English title in the scientific repertoire of the CIRP, phenomenological psychology at UQAM takes an important step on the international scene. This original publication wants to honor Professor Amedeo Giorgi, both as a worldrenowned and innovative psychologist and as an eminent former colleague, who, more than a decade ago, reinforced and expanded phenomenological psychology in UQAM. In the ensuing years the university has attracted a growing number of gifted teachers and students whose interests coalesced around the idea of a human science of psychology that would no longer model itself exclusively on the natural sciences but that would draw its main inspiration from the experience of concrete living. Today these psychologists form a unique and fertile group of professors and students within the university s psychology department. The contributors to this bundle of essays live and work in all corners of the world, from England, Canada and the United States to Sweden, South Africa and Japan. What the authors have in common is that they all are former students and colleagues of Professor Amedeo Giorgi. The essays collected in this volume are meant to express their appreciation and gratitude for Amedeo Giorgi s tireless teaching, for his great scholarship and erudition and, last but not least, for his unfailing collegiality and loyal friendship. Finally, I want to thank my colleague Professor Tom Cloonan, who not only conceived the idea of this book, but also solicited and collected the manuscripts and did the substantial editing of them, and then entrusted their publication to the CIRP that did the further required publisher s editing of the material. I also thank my colleague Professor Bernd Jager for his steady encouragement and his editorial advice. Christian Thiboutot, Ph.D. Codirector of the Cirp 2010, p. ix

6 Preface Our book, The Redirection of Psychology, is a Festschrift. Literally, that German word means "a writing in celebration". For us, it is a celebratory piece of writing in honor of Amedeo P. Giorgi for his accomplishments of scholarly writing and of research and direction of others' research as well as for his conceptualization of the Simon Silverman Phenomenology Center that was established at Duquesne University in In addition, we honor Amedeo's instrumentality in the foundation of the International Human Science Research Conferences (IHSRCs) through the hosting of its first meeting at Duquesne University in Another accomplishment of Amedeo's lifework also deserving of our honoring of him through this Festschrift is the Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, published by Brill. It is the flagship journal of phenomenological psychology and it is on its way to its half-century anniversary, 2020, since Amedeo's founding of it in There are 17 of us who have written essays that constitute this book celebrating Amedeo. The topics and styles of the essays are as individualistic as their authors. The common denominator is the human science focus. We hope through our essays to educate and to advocate the importance and urgency of psychology as human science. There can be no better celebration of Amedeo than this. Finally, a term in academia that has sometimes been used in lieu of Festschrift is Liber Amicorum, a Book of Friends. This Latin term is as appropriate as Festschrift is for the book, a book that has been written by colleagues and former students, all of whom are his friends. In our circle of friends most certainly are Professor Christian Thiboutot and his colleagues of CIRP and the Department of Psychology at the University of Quebec at Montreal. Without their friendship and cooperation, this book's conception with its 17 essays would still be waiting for its birth. Thomas F. Cloonan, Ph.D., Editor of the Essays 2010, p. xi

7 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 15 CHRISTOPHER M. AANSTOOS 19 Holistic Foundations of Psychology in Historical Perspective MARC APPLEBAUM 41 Beyond Scientism and Relativism: Amedeo Giorgi s Commitment to Human Science THOMAS F. CLOONAN 61 Art and Flesh: A Psychology of Art by Way of Merleau-Ponty LARRY DAVIDSON & LESLEY ANNE SOLOMON 77 The Value of Transcendental Phenomenology for Psychology: The Case of Psychosis MAGNUS ENGLANDER 101 Subjectivity, Memory, and Human Science BARBRO M. GIORGI 119 Application of Descriptive Phenomenological Research Method to the Field of Clinical Research STEEN HALLING 131 Truth and the Rhythm of Phenomenological Research MUFID JAMES HANNUSH 145 Playing with Polarities of Existence: Toward Understanding a Pivotal Passage in the Life and Work of Rollo May BERND JAGER 175 Towards a Psychology of Homo Habitans: A Reflection on Cosmos and Universe GEORGE KUNZ 191 The Epoché is Demanded by the Other in Levinas Phenomenology of Action BERTHA MOOK 209 Hermeneutic Phenomenology and Psychotherapy 2010, p. xiii-xiv

8 JAMES MORLEY 223 It s Always About the Epoché RICHARD ROJCEWICZ 233 Husserl Versus Derrida DAVID L. SMITH 249 A History of Amedeo P. Giorgi s Contributions to the Psychology Department and Phenomenology Center of Duquesne University in his Twenty-Four Years There LES TODRES 267 Back to the Things Themselves: The Relevance of Embodied Understanding for Caring Practices FREDERICK J. WERTZ 281 The Method of Eidetic Intuition for Psychology AKIHIRO TOSHIDA 301 A Phenomenological Explication of a Master Teacher s Questioning Practices and its Implications for the Explanation/Understanding issue in Psychology as a Human Science BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE CONTRIBUTORS , p. xiii-xiv

It s Always About the Epoché

It s Always About the Epoché James Morley, Ph.D. Ramapo College of New Jersey United States Abstract To honor Giorgi s contributions to psychological research methodology, this essay strives to elucidate