SOCIOMETRY AS A LIFE PHILOSOPHY

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  • PETER D. MENDELSON Author

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https://doi.org/10.12926/x37s2q68

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SOCIOMETRY

Abstract

To the extent that one exists, the formal philosophical structure of sociometry is at best ponderously vague and ambiguous. Conceivably this is a pleasant state of affairs for those people who are "formally" philosophers, in as much as their livelihood depends upon deciphering the often barely intelligible meanings of highly esoteric arguments. But, for most of us, the nicety of this task is of little concern. Few of us are overly preoccupied with the questions of formal ("academic") philosophy. Rather what we want from philosophy is a set of guidelines, or principles, which concern themselves not with the ultimate meaning of the universe, but rather with how we should live. Essentially we want our philosohpy to deal with the existential questions which unrelentingly confront us.

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2025-01-14

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Vol. 30 (1977): Group Psychotherapy, Psychodrama, and Sociometry

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