1st Edition
Freudian Unconscious and Cognitive Neuroscience From Unconscious Fantasies to Neural Algorithms
By Vesa Talvitie
Copyright 2009
172 Pages
by
Routledge
170 Pages
by
Routledge
170 Pages
by
Routledge
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The aim of Freudian Unconscious and Cognitive Neuroscience is to create a conception of the "Freudian things" around the unconscious that takes seriously both the clinical data gathered in the scope of psychoanalytic clinical practice during the past 110 years, and the empirical and theoretical achievements of cognitive neuroscience and evolutionary theory. Tensions between the psychoanalytic and... Read more
Introduction -- The unconscious and the mysteries of human life -- Historical context of the tension between the cognitive and the psychoanalytic unconscious -- The mind and the unconscious of the post-Freudian era -- On the competencies of the neural unconscious -- Repression and becoming conscious of the repressed reframed: the four-level model -- Psychotherapy, neuroscience, and the levels of explanation -- Epilogue: history of the future of psychoanalysis
Biography
Vesa Talvitie is a Doctor of Psychology, licensed psychotherapist, organisational consultant (FINOD) and currently works as an occupational psychologist for the City of Helsinki. In addition to numerous articles on psychoanalysis in Finnish and English, he is the author of 'Freudian Unconscious and Cognitive Neuroscience: From Unconscious Fantasies to Neural Algorithms' and 'The Foundations of Psychoanalytic Theories: Project for a Scientific Enough Psychoanalysis'.
