Wittgenstein and psychology: An exploration of creativity and madness through the investigation of sense and nonsense.

The purpose of this thesis is to diagnose and cure some of the sources of conceptual confusion in psychology. Both the concepts of creativity and insanity are used as examples of areas of concern to psychologists. Wittgenstein (1958, 1969) suggests that in psychology theory and research are directed...

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Main Author: Walton, Darren
Language:en
Published: University of Canterbury. Psychology 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10092/5828