1st Edition

Between Mind and Brain Models of the Mind and Models in the Mind

By Ronald Britton Copyright 2015
162 Pages
by Routledge

162 Pages
by Routledge

162 Pages
by Routledge

This book begins with an exploration of the relationship between mind and brain. It then examines various psychoanalytic models of the mind and moves to the task of the analyst to discover the unconscious models that shape his or her patients' picture of him/herself and others.The familiar models are mainly drawn from psychoanalytic practice but are supplemented from myths, religion, and... Read more
Introduction , Between mind and brain , Does the mind matter? , Is there a system in the system Ucs.? , Natural history of the mind , Natural, unnatural, and supernatural beliefs , Models of the mind and models in the mind , Myths as models , The triangular model , Religious fanaticism and ideological genocide , The severance of links , What made Frankenstein's creature into a monster? , The preacher, the poet, and the psychoanalyst , Conclusion

Biography

Ronald Britton