Beyond Objectivism and Relativism: Implications for Family Therapy Research

Abstract

Among recent philosophers of science, a trend has emerged that has been described elsewhere as a movement beyond objectivism and relativism. Within the field of family therapy, a parallel movement can be observed that has been promoted by the constructivist implications of contemporary cybernetics. Together, these trends have called into question traditional notions of objectivity. In this paper, research implications of the emerging alternative epistemology are proposed.