IX. The Creative Condition for Thinking An Ability to Synthesize Patterns

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Foreword vii
3. Preface xi
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Contents xv
6. Part One. Toward a Physiological Theory of Communication
7. I. Continuity Physiology, Sociology, Psychiatry 3
8. II. The Nervous System The Internal Instrument 31
9. III. Language The External Instrument 57
10. IV. Thinking as a Mechanism of Adaptation 77
11. V. Thinking as a Skill 96
12. VI. General Features of Skilled Action 108
13. VII. Τhe Necessary Condition for Thinking An Intact Nervous System 133
14. VIII. The Sufficient Condition for Thinking A Social System 145
15. IX. The Creative Condition for Thinking An Ability to Synthesize Patterns 167
16. Part Two. Implications for Psychotherapy
17. X. Psychotherapy and Modern Science 191
18. XI. Epistemological Aspects of Psychotherapy 214
19. XII. Thinking and Implications for Psychotherapy 226
20. XIII. Interpretative Psychotherapy 242
21. XIV. Structure of the Psychotherapeutic Situation 264
22. Bibliography 295
23. Index 307