Can We Speak of Internal and External Reality?
Group Analysis September 1, 1996 DOI: 10.1177/0533316496293003 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Citations | 15 |
| Key points | Argues that the phenomenological concept of intersubjectivity challenges the metaphysical division between internal and external reality, proposing instead that the interpersonal field is primary, and contends that this position is inherently related to group analysis. |
Abstract
This article examines the meaning of the term `intersubjectivity' as derived from its philosophical roots in phenomenology. It challenges a metaphysical division between internal and external reality that creates two separate worlds, and argues that the interpersonal field is primary. It suggests that this position is inherently related to group analysis.