Aristotelian Scientific Method & Categorization Applied to Spirituality: Spiritual compassion, musical & artistic spiritu8ality, healing spiritual experiences in grief, Arctic humna relations, T'boli dream weaving, Medical research meta-analyses ...

• Main Author: Peck Jr, Charles
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: unknown 2011
• Subjects: Spirituality in literature; Medicine; Spirituality > Christianity; Science; Categorization Psychology; Nicomachean ethics Aristotle; Psychology; FOS Psychology; Spirituality in art; Arctic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17613/0acwg-s8c21; https://works.hcommons.org/doi/10.17613/0acwg-s8c21

From 40 years of experience it is clear that spirituality has become entangled in abstractions: powers, perfection, supernatural, unreal, limitless knowledge, crystal ball perceptions, etc. Dr Stephen Farra agreed with that – and went one better. Dr Farra stated "Our models are out reality. But our models are not reality. That coincides with the immortal philosopher Kant who argue we do not perceive the real world – but "representations" of the real world. Similarly, Bargh - from unconscious research - emphasizes mental categories and norms/stereotypes. Jung emphasizes symbols – which he argues are outside cognitive appraisals. The bottom line is that "models" - and how we envision the world - are not just pivotal – but vital. Aristotelian Scientific Method Applied to Spirituality – Counterpoint to the materialist maxim that "All spirituality is unreal" Aristotle described Scientific Method as 1. Gather the Facts 2. Categorize the Data 3. Analyze the Information 4. Draw Conclusions A proper categorization ...