title: Experience and inference: how far will science carry us?
abstract: This paper begins with a view of the remarkable understanding of infant and child development that has evolved from research and observation. The limitations of this contribution from science to the multi-dimensional context-based individuality of each human in his or her intersubjective realm are then considered. For a contemporary view we must recognize the influence of the variability of experiences and the inferences drawn from them. Inferences involve symbolization and culturally derived archetypes as illustrated in a clinical example.
authors.affiliation: JoeLichtenberg@aol.com
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lichtenberg
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009042:Motivation; D013561:Symbolism