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WHEN IS TRUTH RELEVANT?
Elizabeth Allison1, Peter Fonagy2
1Director of the Psychoanalysis Unit, University College London.
Abstract:
The authors argue that the experience of knowing and having the truth about oneself known in the context of therapy is not an end in itself; rather, it is important because the trust engendered by this experience (epistemic trust or trust in new knowledge) opens one up to learning about one's social world and finding better ways to live in it. The authors consider the consequences of a lack of epistemic trust in terms of psychopathology.
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