Trouble with audience for a non-fiction piece.
I'm writing a lengthy piece (30k words is the current guess), but I'm struggling with motivation because I fear there may not be a market, audience, or subculture for it.
The piece is:
- An overview of the inconsistencies and ambiguities across the different schools of thought and specializations within modern psychology.
- An outline of the conceptual errors that plague modern psychology--namely, how they approach the problem of other minds and attribute 'mental states' to hidden processes (be they neurological or experiential).
- I argue that the divide psychology places between material and immaterial, mind and behavior, among others, are all based on categorical mistakes/errors.
- I make the argument that psychology (specifically its language and theories of mind) stymie our understanding of human nature rather than move it along--and then provide a theory-neutral, linguistic approach to understanding human nature.
- And most importantly, I talk about the dangers of leaving psychological matters to scientific and/or logic inquiry. I'm trying to give agency back to the ordinary person when it comes to investigating human nature.
Ultimately, its Wittgenstein and Ordinary Language Philosophy in action. It's philosophy of psychology from a post-analytical point of view, but, in the spirit of Wittgenstein, I'm using plain language and avoiding any mention of Wittgenstein or any type of philosophical gobbledygook (as it is not needed). So, the piece isn't academic, scientific, or philosophical (in the traditional sense)--but it sure does talk a lot about academia, science, and philosophy (and religion at times).
This piece is for average therapy goer--maybe for people who puts a little too much trust in psychology; or for someone who is suspicious of psychology but can't really place their finger on exactly why. I hope psychologists and therapists read it--but like i said, it's far from academic.
My question: Where would I even begin to look for a place to publish this "ordinary critique" of psychology? The only other place I see people writing about this is inside the ivory towers of Oxford and Cambridge. I'm trying to bring it down to earth. Please help.
Posted May 10, 2026, 10:04 PM UTC