Moreno's ''Process Philosophy''

Authors

  • Adam Blatner Author

Keywords:

Philosophy

Abstract

The philosophical ideas implicit in the work of Dr. J. L. Moreno have some important commonalities with the academic tradition called "process philosophy," and expressed most cogently by Alfred North Whitehead and his associates. Some of the ideas of these two systems could be integrated with benefit, and the theoretical basis of psychodrama and sociometry would be strengthened by having a more solid philosophical foundation.

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Moreno, J. L. (1971) The words of the father. Beacon, New York: Beacon House.

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Published

2025-03-14

Issue

Vol. 38 No. 3 (1985): Group Psychotherapy, Psychodrama, and Sociometry

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