The Society for Descriptive Psychology

The world makes sense, and so do people.      -Peter G. Ossorio, Ph.D.

Making “What Actually Happens” Accessible

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Presenter H. Joel Jeffrey, Ph.D.
Date September 30, 2023
Abstract: Ossorio’s formulation of the real world is unique: the first, and only, precise, systematic articulation of the concept of the real world. It is also the least understood of the foundational formulations of Descriptive Psychology. The goal of this presentation is to make that articulation accessible to Descriptive Psychologists and anyone interested in the profound relationship between persons and worlds. That relationship underlies the necessity of multiculturalism, the multiple worlds of organizations, consciousness, and the profound difficulty of communication between truly different cultures. Further, it highlights areas of inquiry virtually unexamined by Descriptive Psychologists, including the body, art, and music.
Related
Papers

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real world phenomena. Ann Arbor, MI: Descriptive Psychology Press. (Originally
SDP 45th Annual Convention Page 19
published by University of South Carolina Press, 1978.)

2. Ossorio, P.G. Place (2012). Ann Arbor, MI: Descriptive Psychology Press.
(Originally published by Linguistic Research Institute, Boulder, CO, 1982)

3. Jeffrey, H. J. (1998). “Consciousness, Experience, and a Person’s World”,
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4. Ossorio, P. G. (2013). The Behavior of Persons. Ann Arbor, MI:
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5. “Logic and Ontology,” particularly Sec. 3, “Ontology,” Stanford
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https://plato.stanford.edu/Archives/win2004/entries/logic-ontology/, last accessed
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