| − | '''Aboutism''' is a term coined by therapist Frederic Perls to refer to an over-reliance on intellectualization and second-hand learning rather than on experience. <ref>http://dictionary-psychology.com/index.php?a=term&d=Dictionary+of+psychology&t=Aboutism</ref> Perls rejected the tendency of science to rely entirely on objective, naturalistic data, believing that this tendency towards impersonal intellectual analysis was an obstacle to understanding the human psyche. | + | '''Aboutism''' is a term coined by therapist Frederic Perls to refer to an over-reliance on [[intellect]]ualization and second-hand [[learning]] rather than on [[experience]]. <ref>http://dictionary-psychology.com/index.php?a=term&d=Dictionary+of+psychology&t=Aboutism</ref> Perls rejected the tendency of science to rely entirely on [[objective]], naturalistic data, believing that this tendency towards impersonal intellectual [[analysis]] was an obstacle to understanding the human [[psyche]]. |