However, as Wilber also points out, the deconstructive version of postmodernism ardently denies the mystical and transcendent. TP stands close to these developments in philosophy and the humanities, and it exemplifies much of the best of reconstructive postmodernism. It is important that we clarify our relationship to what is happening in the humanities. When conventional psychology turned away from philosophy, it turned toward science. An editorial in a recent APA Monitor by APA's CEO reinforces the need for psychology to remain true to its scientific principles.
Science remains at the heart of modern psychology.
Yet, it is just this modernist view of science that rejects humanistic and transpersonal phenomena as unscientific. Fortunately, an alternative paradigm for psychological science is gaining credibility. Often called human science, it is based on holism and methodological pluralism, i.e., a combination of quantitative and qualitative research methods. It acknowledges the centrality of intuition and the subjectivity of all research. Humanistic and transpersonal psychology are leading this development and are therefore at the forefront of a larger shift in the social sciences.