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How the founder of German psychology scoffed & pathologized unorthodox science out of intellectual discourse – and tried to alter the historical record in due course. Plug for my recent article in the @spr1882.bsky.social encyclopedia. www.forbiddenhistories.com/2025/10/wundt

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“After all research on psychotherapy is accounted for, psychotherapy still resolves itself into a relationship best subsumed by the word love”
- Arthur Burton (1967)

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Reconsidering Real-Actual-Empirical Stratification In the last couple of years there have been some attempts to introduce Pierre Bourdieu’s concepts (especially habitus) into the critical realist conception of social science. But these attempts eit...

V.S. Öğütle (2013) "Reconsidering Real-Actual-Empirical Stratification: Can Bourdieu's Habitus be Introduced into a Critical Realist Ontology?", Journal of Critical Realism, 12(4): 479-506.

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Big in Japan? Bigger than I thought. A neat blog post about critical realism by Hazuki Kajiwara, a researcher at Tokyo's Rikkyo University
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My monograph is finally published online today. I am exhausted just thinking about it. Thanks to my former PhD supervisor Howard and to @emeraldpublishing.bsky.social who got me over the line (eventually).

In the context of a teacher supply crisis, I ask: what makes a good teacher and who decides?

Here is our new piece in Lancet Planetary Health on the #WellbeingEconomy and public health, thanks to @gerrymccartney1.bsky.social for leading this :-)

An inventory of Margaret Archer’s publications from her 1967 PhD thesis to her 2024 posthumous book ‘Morphogenesis answers its critics’ has been compiled by the Centre for Social Ontology, which she founded in 2011. This blog explains more with suitable CR epistemic humility

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Exploring near death experiences with children post intensive care: A case series Near death experiences (NDEs) can occur during life-threatening events. In this article, we present preliminary findings from a case study series. We …

Excited to be starting our second phase researching with children and their NDEs in paediatric intensive care. Children can report a soothing darkness that may be similar with the midnight sun of consciousness found in mystical writings.

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Back to square one: the bodily roots of conscious experiences in early life Abstract. Most theoretical and empirical discussions about the nature of consciousness are typically couched in a way that endorses a tacit adult-centric a

The bodily roots of conscious experiences in early life

“We present evidence speaking in favour of fairly sophisticated forms of early sensorimotor integration of bodily signals and self-generated actions already being established in utero.” academic.oup.com/nc/article/2... #philsky #philsci

The latest addition to the FH multimedia universe: The podcast, where contents are discussed in an entertaining dialogue format.

Each episode can be streamed & downloaded in English & German. Here is the introduction (in English): forbiddenhistories.podbean.com/e/introducti...

Enjoy!

The authors contend that critical realism enables social work to achieve its highest potential, harmonizing with the field's core values to catalyze profound transformation and fulfill its most ambitious ideals.

“Even the smallest contribution made towards a clearer understanding of one’s own position or that of one’s opponent – is a great success. A discussion which you win but which fails to help you to change or to clarify your mind at least a little should be regarded as a sheer loss” (Popper, 1994).

Pleased to report that my manuscript for ‘The Sociological Theory of Margaret Archer: A Preliminary Appraisal’ has now been approved for publication.

Segmenting ontology - Synthese Ontological universalism is widespread, but this paper argues that the validity of many ontological claims is bounded, and thus that segmented (though not fragmented) ontologies may represent the worl...

Very pleased that my paper 'Segmenting Ontology' is out in Synthese doi.org/10.1007/s112... On the relationship between quantum, material and social reality.

Interested in writing an article or review for #NewAssociations #psychoanalytic magazine, published by the British Psychoanalytic Council? Listen to this new podcast with Emmanuelle Smith (Co-Editor), Niamh Downes (Managing Editor) & me (Co-Editor) re how to pitch s301.podbean.com/pb/653013c43...

Why a ‘rip-off’ degree might be worth the money after all – research study Higher education is about more than just income.

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Critical realism, psychology, and the crisis of replication: A reply to Haig; Derksen & Morawski; and Trafimow - Robert Archer, 2024 The commentaries provided by Haig; Derksen and Morawski; and Trafimow vary considerably in how they address critical realism and its implications for replicatio...

In this article, I clarify misunderstandings of #CriticalRealism and defend its relevance to psychology’s #ReplicationCrisis. By challenging methodologism and proposing exploratory stratified contextualism, I offer a more ontologically grounded approach to #psychology. doi.org/10.1177/0959...

Our book with prof. Stephen Ball @ioe.bsky.social is an invitation to think education differently. Enjoy!

Children's Unexplained Experiences in a Post Materialist World from Essentia Books Historically, children’s inexplicable experiences -- from telepathy and conversing with deceased relatives to out-of-body- or near-death experie...

Did you have 'strange' experiences as a child? Ever wondered what children's experiences can tell us about who we are? @bernardokastrup.bsky.social @essentia foundation
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Wallace’s new-found spiritualism suggested an answer: some
guiding agency helping humanity along. Darwin’s response was unsurprising: ‘But I groan over Man—you write like a metamorphosed (in retrograde direction) naturalist!’

Oh look, I wrote another blog post! 😅 www.forbiddenhistories.com/2025/05/jame...

It has been a busy semester, but I’ve had a few great podcast chats lately. First up: a conversation with Epistemic Alchemy on metamodern scholarship, pedagogy, & above all what it means to think seriously in strange times. Give it a listen! mraei1974.podbean.com/e/metamodern...

Can psychology progress without rethinking reality itself? This podcast explores Bhaskar’s critical realism—from stratified ontology to the ground state—and its implications for the replication crisis and beyond. Listen: www.podbean.com/ew/pb-wpmsx-... #CriticalRealism #Ontology #ReplicationCrisis

It should therefore go without saying that we can’t just buy into the verdict of a famed intellectual on controversial and inherently polarizing issues, just because it happens to be in line with our own presuppositions.