From analytic to synthetic-organizational pluralisms: A pluralistic enactive psychiatry.
Frontiers in psychiatry January 1, 2022 Christophe Gauld, Kristopher Nielsen, Manon Job et al. 13 citations
Psychiatry cannot rely solely on reductionism; it requires a plurality of approaches. Enactivism, rooted in cognitive science, dynamic systems theory, systems biology, and phenomenology, offers an integrative framework for psychiatry. This paper compares the enactive approach with two forms of explanatory pluralism: non-integrative pluralism, which tolerates coexisting incompatible systems, and integrative pluralism, which aims to unite different levels of understanding. The authors propose that enactivism is inherently a form of integrative pluralism but also part of a broader explanatory pluralism. Understanding these theoretical positions is important for quality clinical practice, and studying the entanglements between analytical pluralism and enactivist pluralism could be fruitful.