Philosophy, psychoanalysis, and the a-rational mind
By: Linda A.W. Brakel.
Series: International perspectives in philosophy and psychiatry; International perspectives in philosophy and psychiatry
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
ISBN-13: 9780199551255
Subjects: Psychoanalysis and philosophy; Psychoanalytic Theory
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Just what sort of a theory is psychoanalytic theory?; title: Did Kant precede Freud on a-rational thought?; title: Why primary process is hard to know; title: Representational a-rational thinking : a proper function account for phantasy and wish; title: Drive theory and primary process; title: Phantasies, neurotic-beliefs, and beliefs-proper; title: Desire and the readiness-to-act; title: Compare and contrast : Gardner, Lear, Cavell, and Brakel.