Friction management and Parkinson's disease
In Anthropology the term emic is used to describe a society from within. By means of participating observation, the researcher tries to understand a group of people from the inside. This brought me to the idea that maybe it would be fruitful to apply this concept to the problems posed by Parkinson’s disease. Medical
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The Construction of Reality
In 1988, I wrote the first version of “The Construction of Reality” () It was my “research assignment”, with which I finished my studies at the Radboud University (Catholic University at the time). I was mentored by E. Leeuwenberg at the Department of Cognitive Psychology of the Catholic University of Nijmegen. Ever since, I have often written and published small articles about the subject. Eventually, I decided to combine these articles that had, over time, crystallized into a philosophy of science, into a thesis or at least a serious manifesto.
Initially, I progressed well, but after a while it became harder to maintain the momentum. At first, I did not understand why. I was certainly not lacking motivation. When I finally received the diagnosis of “Parkinson's disease”, everything suddenly made sense. My invisible opponent had shown itself and I decided to accept the challenge. If my theory had any merit, I would have to be able to put it into practice. I decided to apply my theory in order to increase my knowledge of Parkinson's disease.
This article is the conclusion of five years research into the symptoms of Parkinson's disease. It consists of three parts: General theory, philosophy of science, and the implementation of the theory and a computer program that embodies the metaphorical approach that I am suggesting. The research data and the implementation of these data by the software.
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