Basically, the Soteria method can be characterized as the 24 hour a day application of interpersonal phenomenologic interventions by a nonprofessional staff, usually without neuroleptic drug treatment, in the context of a small, homelike, quiet, supportive, protective, and tolerant social environment. The core practice of interpersonal phenomenology focuses on the development of a nonintrusive, noncontrolling …
Patterns: science
The words of the prophets…
Let’s all go to hell. It’s the least expensive vacation spot. Make reservations at the door. -Writing on the wall of the first Soteria House, San Jose (ca. 1972).
Science Studies, Part 4: The prophetic mode
The history of the philosophy of science is the history of the way we relate to our symbols. At the center of all of our complex, intertwined, inconsistent ideas about knowledge and materiality is a basic faith in a fundamental nature of things. We must assume there is a knowable relationship between theory and practice; …
