"Even facts become fictions without adequate ways of seeing "the facts". We do not need theories so much as the experience that is the source of the … - R. D. Laing

"Even facts become fictions without adequate ways of seeing "the facts". We do not need theories so much as the experience that is the source of the theory. We are not satisfied with faith, in the sense of an implausible hypothesis irrationally held: we demand to experience the "evidence"."

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About R. D. Laing

Ronald David Laing (usually known as R.D. Laing, October 7, 1927 – August 23, 1989) was a Scottish psychiatrist who wrote on mental illness and the experience of psychosis.

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Native Name: Ronald David Laing
Alternative Names: Ronald Laing R.D. Laing Ronald D. Laing
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