Epistemology and the Feldenkrais Method

Authors

  • Ralph Strauch PhD, CFT, Somatic Options, Los Angeles

Keywords:

Feldenkrais Method, epistemology, research design, research paradigms, knowledge

Abstract

Research takes place within a paradigm, which rests, in turn, on an epistemology, or theory of knowledge. Good research paradigms for the Feldenkrais Method do not exist, in part because conventional scientific epistemology does not adequately represent forms of knowledge important to the Method. This article discusses this inadequacy and explores one possible approach to developing a non-conventional epistemology to address it.

Author Biography

Ralph Strauch, PhD, CFT, Somatic Options, Los Angeles

I was trained in the Feldenkrais Method by Moshe Feldenkrais, and have been in practice since 1983. My academic training was as a theoretical mathematician specializing in probability theory, with a Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of California at Berkeley. Before going into the Feldenkrais work, I was a senior mathematician at the Rand Corporation, where my research focused on defense policy, public policy analysis and decisionmaking, and military command and control. I've been exploring the bodymind relationship since the late 1960s, through T'ai Chi and other martial arts, meditation, the Feldenkrais Method, and other tools I developed myself.

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Published

2007-01-01

How to Cite

Strauch, R. (2007). Epistemology and the Feldenkrais Method. Feldenkrais Research Journal, 3. Retrieved from https://feldenkraisresearchjournal.org/index.php/journal/article/view/112

Issue

Volume 3 (2007): The Future of Research in the Feldenkrais Method

Section

Articles