Talk:Charles Tart

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I just followed a link from the article on Milton Erickson, where T. is briefly mentioned at one point, to see who he might be.

I stumbled over some expressions which I find quiet "cloudy" and which do not fit into what I would expect from an "Encyclopaedia".

The article claims that "Transpersonal Psychology" had become "part of modern psychology", e.g. through the efforts of Mr. Tart. I doubt that all psychologists would find that an accurate statement. It may reflect a personal POV, or that of a group, and is mighty unprecise also; therfore it does not seem to be helpful in a reference work for non-specialists.

"Growth disciplines" and "personal and social growth" sound like catch words to me; they sound "New-Age-y" and "psycho-babble-y", and could be used for all sorts of things; most unprecise; rather an expression of wishful thinking, personal "identity building", or used in (seminar) marketing etc. I find that very unsuitable for an academic project. (A useful test-question: when precisely are we to say that someone has NOT "grown", or has "shrunken", over some period of time and/or as the result of certain activities, practices, ideas, books purchased, seminars attended etc. - esp. if he/she would claim or belief they had done so ?)

147.142.186.54 (talk) 16:10, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Transpersonal Psychology seems to have the blessing of the American Psychological Association (see http://www.apadivisions.org/division-32/sigs/transpersonal/) which I suggest is a key test that justifies the assertion that it is a part of modern psychology. And it's pretty clear from the chronology of his writings that he was the instigator of the field.
And I suspect that terms like 'personal growth' are standard jargon among professionals in the field rather than a New Age invention. Are you a professional yourself, that would entitle you to make such criticisms? --Brian Josephson (talk) 19:15, 16 August 2015 (UTC)

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Predicting future events claim

Paragraph three of the biography reads "He supports Joseph McMoneagle's claim of having remote viewed into the past, present, and future and has predicted future events.[2]" Does "he" refer to McMoneagle, or to Tart? Which future events has he predicted? Were the predictions successful? The current book citation for this claim is very vague.