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Two Kinds of Theory: What Psychology Can Learn from Einstein.

By Marek McGann and Craig P. Speelman — 2020

A century ago, Einstein (1919) distinguished between two kinds of theory - theories of principle, and constructive theories. These have separate but complementary roles to play in the advancement of knowledge, in the manner in which they relate to data, and how they are developed.

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The Improvisational Oncologist

To understand the minds of individual cancers, we are learning to mix and match these two kinds of learning — the standard and the idiosyncratic — in unusual and creative ways.

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Siddhartha Mukherjee
2016
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Can the World Mend in This Body?

The author writes that what she does on behalf of healing any individual or being must also be healing, even if not directly extended, for the world itself.

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Deena Metzger
2018
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The Art of Healing

Catherine Ann Lombard explores how imagery and artistic expression can help clients cope with cancer.

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Catherine Ann Lombard
2020
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