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"Two-in-one; a new scientific philosophy and its implementation with the examination of an important psychological process: the transactional approach and human perceiving. Here is a combination that must concern all. Just as perceiving never occurs independent of some other activity, so too, practically no waking activity can be undertaken without perceiving. A scientific philosophy can itself be regarded as the resultant of human perception, just as the analysis of perception, whether from this or another approach, represents an expression of the observer's philosophy. If this is confusing it is because we do not, you and I, have a common philosophy or because we have different theories of human perception. The philosophical orientation of Professors Ittelson and Cantril, the authors of this paper, is transactional. Transactions differ from interactions. A situation may be appropriately considered a transaction when it is functionally inappropriate to examine the characteristics of any significant component except for the way in which it is involved in the particular situation. In a simple straightforward exposition, the authors outline the transactional approach to perception. By design, they avoid polemic in favor of the continuous statement of their basic position. Here is no controversy, but probably a very controversial statement--for the viewpoint has only recently been developed and is by no means universally accepted. Though most of the points made can be buttressed by experiments and observations drawn from "common" experience, the authors have preferred the clarity of a briefer statement which makes it easier to identify the major aspects of their analysis to a longer essay which would include the supporting evidence. An appended reading list will help those who wish to seek further in this approach. The authors review in order the nature of perception, how it is studied, its development, and perception in operation. The implications of this outline for the development of scientific psychology and for a reappraisal of personal perspectives are imponderable"--Preface.
by William H. Ittelson and Hadley Cantril.
Titre de l'écran-titre (visionné le 20 juillet 2011).