Dianetics


 
 

In Scientology, Dianetics is put forward as a methodology to alleviate unwanted sensations and emotions, irrational fears and psychosomatic illnesses. Developed by L. Ron Hubbard in the late 1940s, Dianetics was coined from the Greek words dia, meaning "through" and nous, meaning "soul". Hubbard's interpretation is "what the soul is doing to the body."

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While Scientologists teach and apply Dianetics and consider it a valid science, it has never been recognized as such by the scientific community. It has been referred to as pseudoscience and some have claimed that it could possibly be dangerous to the patient.

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Scientology: Scientology is a system of beliefs, teachings and rituals, originally established as an alternative psychotherapy in 1951 by science-fiction author L. Ron Hubbard, then recharacterized by him in 1953 as an "applied religious philosophy."...

Methodology: Methodology is the study of the methods involved in some field or endeavor, or in problem solving. It is a subfield of epistemology.Most sciences have their own specific methodology. Methodology is sometimes used synonymously with "method", particularly a complex method or body of methods, rules, an...

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Introduction
Dianetics in Scientology
Independent scientific views
References
External links
 
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L. Ron Hubbard (2) - Religious (1) - 1953 (1) - Science (1) - Epistemology (1) - Method (1) - 1951 (1) - Methodology (1) - Scientology (1) - Psychosomatic (1) - Psychotherapy (1) - 1940s (1) -
 

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