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Work #714 · Mid

The Doctor and the Soul: From Psychotherapy to Logotherapy

Viktor Frankl
1946 · German
Existential psychotherapy · Existential psychology / Viennese logotherapy

Frankl's 1946 foundational logotherapy text — meaning-centered existential psychotherapy

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Attribute The Doctor and the Soul: From Psychotherapy to Logotherapy (Mid)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Both
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency None
Observer · Moral Authority Experience
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

The Doctor and the Soul: From Psychotherapy to Logotherapy

The temporal life of meaning-seeking.

Space

The Doctor and the Soul: From Psychotherapy to Logotherapy

The therapeutic space.

Matter

The Doctor and the Soul: From Psychotherapy to Logotherapy

The embodied meaning-seeking person.

Observer

The Doctor and the Soul: From Psychotherapy to Logotherapy

Frankl as existential psychotherapist.

Energy

The Doctor and the Soul: From Psychotherapy to Logotherapy

Energies of meaning-seeking and existential responsibility.

Information

The Doctor and the Soul: From Psychotherapy to Logotherapy

Foundational logotherapy framework.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

The Doctor and the Soul: From Psychotherapy to Logotherapy

Frankl's logotherapy foundational for existential psychology and meaning-centered therapy.