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A Kantian Critique of Cognitive Psychotherapy

Modern cognitive psychotherapies are examined from the perspective of Kant’s critique of eighteenth-century cognitive philosophy. Parallel strengths and weaknesses are found in the two systems. It is argued that modern psychiatrists interested in cognitive techniques may relearn some important, but forgotten facts, about the strengths and limits of cognition by reviewing Kantian philosophy.

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