The Big Picture
The Big Picture
“New Science” Operations and Logics as a Way of Understanding Postformal Thought Operations and Intimate Relationship Processes
This chapter summarizes ideas in new physics, chaos and complexity theory, self-organizing systems, general systems theory, and postmodern thought as ideas inherent in the complex thought models that best describe understanding the complexity of relationships. Optimizing this thinking ability should lead to greater satisfaction in creating satisfying intimate relationships. Framing questions about the processes in satisfying intimate relationships in complex ways helps the researcher create better hypotheses. Intimate relationships have often been studied on a fairly simplistic level. A big-picture view is more useful and more consistent with wisdom about working out the nuances of long-term partnership.
Keywords: new physics, postmodern thought, general systems theory, chaos theory, self-organizing systems
Oxford Scholarship Online requires a subscription or purchase to access the full text of books within the service. Public users can however freely search the site and view the abstracts and keywords for each book and chapter.
Please, subscribe or login to access full text content.
If you think you should have access to this title, please contact your librarian.
To troubleshoot, please check our FAQs , and if you can't find the answer there, please contact us .
