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JVSR Research Update -
October 18, 2000 Note from Dr. Matthew McCoy JVSR Editor editor@jvsr.com This week's Update is from Dr. Mark Filippi who is a member of the JVSR Peer Review Board. Mark is introducing a series of Essays that will be featured in JVSR titled ...Of Vital Interest. These Essays are intended to educate us on the links between vitalism, chaos theory and chiropractic. The first of the series is available now on the JVSR website. We look forward to your feedback. Take Me To The River ...Of Vital Interest Series Overview By Mark R. Filippi, D.C. What the heck does counter-intuitive really mean anyway? It’s one of those throw away terms used in philosophical and academic circles to overcome the tendency of most people to go on their base assumptions, right? Intuition is not what we want to employ when we face a complex problem. Complex problems don’t link cause and effect very well. So if common sense won’t help us vivify subluxation, where can we lean to get some help? To quote the poet Morrison, "Thoughts in time and out of season, the hitchhiker levels his thumb in the calm calculus of reason." But that puts us on a strictly logical path, which attempts to cage the complex in wordy prisons and study it like a captive animal in a zoo... To work counter-intuitively, reason and intuition must blend into a living wisdom - a respectful integration of the existence of experience and the experience of existence. To accomplish this from a subluxation-centered chiropractic angle, we must look to explore the maturing philosophy of vitalism from a contemporary viewpoint. My own search for the needle in the haystack has positioned me as a commuter on a bridge between chaos theory and chiropractic principles. The impact of linking the so-called pseudo-scientific model of vitalism with the progressive new science sprouting forth from chaos theory has transformed my train of thought from a monorail to Magic Mountain. The essays I’ll be sharing with you in JVSR are intended to serve as a bridge of sorts. On one river bank we’ll have the 33 principles of chiropractic as written by R.W. Stephenson in 1927. On the other bank we’ll have the world at large as portrayed by the Society for Chaos Theory Psychology and Life Sciences, also known as, brace yourselves, the SCTPLS, whew! The members of "The Society" also exude a vitalistic stance, only they apply it to twelve other major disciplines and over sixty subspecialties. As it stands now, they have a decidedly neuromuscular orientation towards chiropractic because that's what our profession tells society about ourselves. My intention is to utilize this space here in JVSR to help everybody transcend this cultural myopia through a collaborative series of articles integrating the nuances of chiropractic principles and chaos theory. By strengthening the vitalistic bonds across disciplinary boundaries, subluxation-centered chiropractic can make itself known around the world, without apology. Below I’ve provided some SCTLPS links to explore...
To close, I return to the poet Morrison, who also said,
"No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn". |
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