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e4c3383c | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
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I'm offering a simple sketch of canalization to clarify the well-rounded academic use of the term, the optimism it typically packs, and perhaps provide a little perspective on the suitability of applying the term to describe some forms of psychopathology.

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Nicole Rust | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
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Thanks! I’m not sure I’m getting the subtext though. There’s the idea of canalization & there’s Waddington’s valleys - both ideas/metaphors that researchers have/are finding powerful beyond Waddington’s original proposals. Wrt suitability, are you pleased or displeased with these developments?