1st Edition

Consciousness and the Unconscious

By David Archard Copyright 1984
138 Pages
by Routledge

138 Pages
by Routledge

138 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1984, Consciousness and the Unconscious deals with the concept of ‘the unconscious’ as originally defined by Sigmund Freud, and as subsequently developed, defended and criticized in continental writing at the time. It starts by describing the institutional context in which psychoanalytic theory developed, and the philosophical context which it met, and goes on to discuss... Read more

Editors’ Foreword.  Acknowledgements.  Introduction.  1. The Unconscious  2. Sartre’s Critique  3. The Unconscious and Language  4. The Unconscious as Language  5. Timpanaro’s Critique.  Conclusion.  Index.

Biography

David Archard is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Queen’s University Belfast, having previously taught at the Universities of Ulster, St. Andrews and Lancaster. He has published extensively in applied ethics, political philosophy, and philosophy of law, especially on the topics of children, the family, sexual consent and the public role of philosophy. He was a Member of the Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority (2005-2016), Chair of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics (2017-2023) and is a Member of the Clinical Ethics Committee of Great Ormond Street Hospital in London. He is Honorary Vice-President of the Society for Applied Philosophy.