Gardner, S;
(2012)
Psychoanalytic theory: a historical reconstruction.
Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume
, 86
(1)
41 - 60.
10.1111/j.1467-8349.2012.00207.x.
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Abstract
In this paper I sketch a reconstruction of the basic psychoanalytic conception of the mind in terms of two historical resources: the conception of the subject developed in post-Kantian idealism, and Spinoza’s laws of the affects in Part Three of the Ethics. The former, I suggest, supplies the conceptual basis for the psychoanalytic notion of the unconscious, while the latter defines the type of psychological causality of psychoanalytic explanations. The imperfect fit between these two elements, I claim, is reflected in familiar conceptual difficulties surrounding psychoanalytic theory and explanation.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Psychoanalytic theory: a historical reconstruction |
| Location: | UK |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1467-8349.2012.00207.x |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8349.2012.00207.x |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2012 The Aristotelian Society. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Dept of Philosophy |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1354470 |
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