1st Edition
Psychoanalysis and Philosophy of Mind Unconscious Mentality in the Twenty-first Century
314 Pages
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Routledge
314 Pages
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Routledge
320 Pages
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Routledge
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Of the topics found in psychoanalytic theory it is Freud's philosophy of mind that is at once the most contentious and enduring. Psychoanalytic theory makes bold claims about the significance of unconscious mental processes and the wish-fulfilling activity of the mind, citing their importance for understanding the nature of dreams and explaining both normal and pathological behaviour. However,... Read more
Introduction , Wish-fulfilment revisited , The significance of consilience: psychoanalysis, attachment, neuroscience, and evolution , Freud’s aesthetics: artists, art and psychoanalysis , Beyond the philosophy of the (unconscious) mind: the Freudian cornerstone as scientific theory, a cult, and a way of talking , Unconscious knowing: psychoanalytic evidence in support of a radical epistemic view , In defence of unconscious mentality*
Biography
Simon Boag
