• ARTICLES, Special Section, XIIIth Biennial Conference of the EPCA - 2016

Comparing PCP with other approaches: Systemic Theory, Phenomenology and Semiotics.

Procter, H.

Abstract:
The comparison of two approaches, two positions on things, two traditions or the works of two writers has been a fundamental method for me, perhaps having its origin in my experience of growing up in a dual-heritage family. Here, I was continuously presented with German versus English ways of life, and with scientific versus religious constructions of the world. As Gregory Bateson (1979, 80) said, having two eyes, binocular vision, gives us access to a whole extra dimension, allowing us to see depth. This extra depth and breadth becomes a metaphor for what happens when we combine two different descriptions.