This article shows how the concepts of “narrative” and constructiveness or constructivism have been ambiguous and have led to misunderstandings. This is linked with two traditions that have coexisted in psychological thinking: psychology as a science, on one hand, and hermeneutic phenomenology, on the other. Each stance has a different understanding of “the human”, and therefore of what narrative is. Constructiveness as an epistemological stance is linked to Maturana and Varela’s theories, and it emphasizes the characteristics of the observer that bring forth what he comprehends. This article ends proposing narrative reason, versus logical reason, as a process that would allow to understand narrative in the hermeneutic phenomenological approach.
Keywords:
constructivism or constructiveness, hermeneutic phenomenology, narrative, narrative reason
Zlachevsky Ojeda, A. M. (2012). Constructiveness and Narrative Reason: basis for working in narrative therapy. Revista De Psicología, 21(2), Pág. 237–259. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-0581.2012.25845
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