Now, whether or not this timeline is 100% accurate is not the point. He once shared with me this timeline he made, which traces the development of his CEST theory in relation to subsequent dual-process theories. One thing that clearly disappointed Epstein is that his dual-process theory was mostly ignored later in his life. Also, you can hear my last chat with him on my podcast, which I recorded just a few months before he passed away. Here is the foreword I wrote, which I knew he appreciated. In fact, in 2014 he asked me if I would write the foreword to his upcoming book on the implications of his theory for religion and world peace. I feel as though we formed a special bond. To my delight, he responded favorably, setting off a series of stimulating discussions. After reading that paper, I excitedly emailed Epstein. Indeed, a major inspiration for coming up with my dual-process theory of intelligence was his 1994 paper, " Integration of the Cognitive and the Psychodynamic Unconscious", which I first encountered while in graduate school. His Cognitive-Experiential Self-Theory (CEST), which has its roots in his 1973 paper “ The self concept revisited or a theory of a theory“, replaced Freud’s irrational and aggressive unconscious with a more adaptive, yet still emotional, experiential system. According to Epstein, our most primitive emotional experiences should not be repressed, discarded, or controlled, but that they are essential to becoming a fully integrated human being.Įpstein's work has had a significant impact on my thinking about human intelligence. But far less known is that Kahneman built his theory, at least in part, on the shoulder of a giant: Seymour Epstein.
“System 1” and “System 2” have become household names. Most of you heave heard of Kahneman’s dual-process theory. Seymour Epstein (1925-2016) Credit: Oxford Maia Weinstock already wrote about 10 notable women in science and technology, but I'd like to briefly pay a tribute to two psychologists who touched my own life, and who I know influenced so many others: Seymour Epstein and Shane Lopez. "But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs." In her beautiful new book, The Power of Meaning: Crafting a Life that Matters, Emily Esfahani Smith quotes novelist George Eliot's last paragraph of Middlemarch: While high profile celebrities are the most visible ones, let's not forget there were so many lives lost, that once were so full of meaning and purpose, and touched so many on a daily basis.
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