Sections of this text, first written in 1984 were included in my conference on the psychotherapy of psychoses, but as its global approach is different, its publication is not redundant and therefore warranted.
I developed this powerpoint from smaller ones I had used to teach various sections of Freud's theory. Students have a very difficult time with The Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis.
Carl Gustav Jung was born in 1875 in Switzerland. He had a kind but weak father, and a powerful, problematic mother who may have had two personalities and was hospitalized. Jung struggled to separate from his mother's influence. Much of Jung's psychology attempted to find a substitute for his orthodox religious upbringing. He worked in a mental hospital from 1900 to 1909 and then pursued private practice. Jung differed from Freud in finding religious experience as important as sexuality. Jung developed concepts including the collective unconscious, archetypes like the anima/animus and shadow, and the persona. He believed unconscious contents like myths served a positive function in providing meaning and compensation.
Psychoanalytical criticism uses theories of psychology to analyze literature by focusing on the author's state of mind or the mind of fictional characters. It originated from Sigmund Freud's theories about the id, ego, and superego that make up the human mind. Freudian critics examine works for unconscious motives, feelings, and classic psychoanalytic symptoms. Carl Jung expanded on this to look at collective unconscious themes and universal symbols manifested in literature. Harold Bloom applies Freudian concepts like repression to literary history, arguing poets unconsciously rewrite predecessors while struggling with anxiety of influence.
Carl Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology. Some of his key contributions include the concepts of archetypes, the collective unconscious, complex, and synchronicity. Jung proposed that archetypes are innate universal prototypes for ideas and may be found in myths, religion, and dreams. The collective unconscious consists of structures common to mankind, structured around archetypes. Jung identified 12 primary archetypes representing basic human motivations and personality traits. He also studied the anima/animus archetypes and the self archetype. Jung's work significantly influenced fields such as psychology, philosophy, and religion.
Carl Jung came from a Christian family background but had a complex relationship with religion. He was interested in archetypes, the collective unconscious, and individuation. While he acknowledged the psychological importance of religious concepts like God, he maintained an agnostic viewpoint to preserve his scientific integrity. Jung believed religious experiences originated from archetypes in the collective unconscious. He saw individuation as a religious process involving the integration of the conscious and unconscious.
Psychoanalytic criticism analyzes literary texts through the lens of Freudian psychoanalytic theory. It views texts as expressions of unconscious desires and aims to reveal hidden meanings by interpreting symbols and themes. The unconscious, according to psychoanalysis, contains repressed emotions and experiences and finds expression through dreams, artworks, and other creative acts. Surrealist art in particular drew inspiration from dreams and the unconscious in an effort to access untapped creative ideas, rather than for purposes of interpretation or therapy.
Jung's Theory of Personality: Jung had discussed about certain concepts that are important in personality formation. Some of these concepts are archetypes, anima, animus, shadow, personal and collective unconscious, and ego.
This document outlines the eight primary emotions according to Robert Plutchik: joy, trust, fear, surprise, sadness, disgust, anger, and anticipation. It then discusses the external senses of sight, taste, smell, hearing and touch. The internal senses discussed are memory, consciousness, instinct, and imagination. Finally, it covers the spiritual dimensions of man including the human intellect, will, and conscience.
I developed this powerpoint from smaller ones I had used to teach various sections of Freud's theory. Students have a very difficult time with The Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis.
Carl Gustav Jung was born in 1875 in Switzerland. He had a kind but weak father, and a powerful, problematic mother who may have had two personalities and was hospitalized. Jung struggled to separate from his mother's influence. Much of Jung's psychology attempted to find a substitute for his orthodox religious upbringing. He worked in a mental hospital from 1900 to 1909 and then pursued private practice. Jung differed from Freud in finding religious experience as important as sexuality. Jung developed concepts including the collective unconscious, archetypes like the anima/animus and shadow, and the persona. He believed unconscious contents like myths served a positive function in providing meaning and compensation.
Psychoanalytical criticism uses theories of psychology to analyze literature by focusing on the author's state of mind or the mind of fictional characters. It originated from Sigmund Freud's theories about the id, ego, and superego that make up the human mind. Freudian critics examine works for unconscious motives, feelings, and classic psychoanalytic symptoms. Carl Jung expanded on this to look at collective unconscious themes and universal symbols manifested in literature. Harold Bloom applies Freudian concepts like repression to literary history, arguing poets unconsciously rewrite predecessors while struggling with anxiety of influence.
Carl Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology. Some of his key contributions include the concepts of archetypes, the collective unconscious, complex, and synchronicity. Jung proposed that archetypes are innate universal prototypes for ideas and may be found in myths, religion, and dreams. The collective unconscious consists of structures common to mankind, structured around archetypes. Jung identified 12 primary archetypes representing basic human motivations and personality traits. He also studied the anima/animus archetypes and the self archetype. Jung's work significantly influenced fields such as psychology, philosophy, and religion.
Carl Jung came from a Christian family background but had a complex relationship with religion. He was interested in archetypes, the collective unconscious, and individuation. While he acknowledged the psychological importance of religious concepts like God, he maintained an agnostic viewpoint to preserve his scientific integrity. Jung believed religious experiences originated from archetypes in the collective unconscious. He saw individuation as a religious process involving the integration of the conscious and unconscious.
Psychoanalytic criticism analyzes literary texts through the lens of Freudian psychoanalytic theory. It views texts as expressions of unconscious desires and aims to reveal hidden meanings by interpreting symbols and themes. The unconscious, according to psychoanalysis, contains repressed emotions and experiences and finds expression through dreams, artworks, and other creative acts. Surrealist art in particular drew inspiration from dreams and the unconscious in an effort to access untapped creative ideas, rather than for purposes of interpretation or therapy.
Jung's Theory of Personality: Jung had discussed about certain concepts that are important in personality formation. Some of these concepts are archetypes, anima, animus, shadow, personal and collective unconscious, and ego.
This document outlines the eight primary emotions according to Robert Plutchik: joy, trust, fear, surprise, sadness, disgust, anger, and anticipation. It then discusses the external senses of sight, taste, smell, hearing and touch. The internal senses discussed are memory, consciousness, instinct, and imagination. Finally, it covers the spiritual dimensions of man including the human intellect, will, and conscience.
T.P. Kailasam's perspective in his play "The Purpose" differs from the myth of the Mahabharata presented by Vyasa. In the play, Eklavya is portrayed as a noble hero who learns archery to protect animals, while Arjuna's motivation is selfish as he desires only to become the greatest archer. This challenges the traditional view of Arjuna as a heroic ideal. Kailasam aims to give voice to marginalized characters and elevate Eklavya by highlighting his skills and nobility over Arjuna. The contradictory perspectives presented cannot be taken as definitive truth according to Nietzsche's concept of perspectivism.
The document discusses learning and using new words. It explains that learning new vocabulary increases ability to understand and communicate ideas in academic settings, everyday life such as purchases, and work. Learning new words helps with reading comprehension and writing in school. Understanding legal terms is important for personal transactions like buying a car. Using words effectively also helps career success and advancement. The document encourages predicting how vocabulary relates to different life contexts and provides examples.
Psychoanalytical criticism examines texts through the psychological lens of theorists like Sigmund Freud and Jacques Lacan. Freudian critics focus on unconscious feelings and motives revealed through mechanisms like the id, ego, superego, and Oedipus complex. They seek to identify the "psyche" and apply psychoanalytic theory to literary history. Lacanian critics uncover the unconscious meanings beneath conscious text, demonstrating concepts like the mirror stage and analyzing language and structure in terms of Lacan's symbolic, imaginary, and real orders.
This presentation analyzes Sylvia Plath's poem "The Arrival of the Bee Box" using psychoanalytic and stylistic approaches. It discusses how the poem depicts Plath as mentally disturbed and suffering from a split personality. The bee box represents Plath's troubled mind, which is locked away and filled with dark, swarming thoughts that terrify her. Through imagery of darkness and repetition of "dark" and "black", the poem conveys the intensity of Plath's negative feelings. The analysis finds that Plath used the poem to explore her darkest unconscious thoughts and inner demons through her poetic art.
Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist who developed psychoanalysis, a method of analyzing unconscious conflicts through free association, dreams, and fantasies. Freud's theories on topics like the Oedipus complex, libido, and the ego structure of the id, ego, and superego were highly influential. Psychoanalytic criticism applies Freudian concepts like the Oedipus complex to analyze literary characters and their motivations, as well as exploring the unconscious desires and anxieties that may have influenced the author. Critics examine works for evidence of things like repressed emotions, psychological conflicts, and childhood traumas that shaped the author and are reflected in their writing. Famous examples include Freud's analysis of Hamlet in
Psychoanalytic criticism analyzes literary texts through the methods of Sigmund Freud and Jacques Lacan to interpret unconscious desires, anxieties, and neuroses expressed by the author. It views literary works as manifestations of the author's psyche and seeks to trace childhood traumas, psychological conflicts, and repressed emotions encoded symbolically in the text. Specifically, it examines texts for evidence of the Oedipus complex and other phenomena like condensation, symbolism, and displacement as ways unconscious material emerges indirectly in literature similar to how it appears in dreams.
Carl Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist who founded analytical psychology. Some key points of his theory include:
1) He proposed the collective unconscious - a reservoir of experiences shared by humanity that influences our behaviors and emotions. It contains archetypes - innate tendencies to experience things in certain ways.
2) Major archetypes include the mother, representing nurturing relationships, and the shadow, representing repressed desires and the "dark side" of humanity.
3) Dreams, myths, and spiritual experiences across cultures provide evidence of the collective unconscious and archetypes. Near-death experiences in particular suggest we are "built" to experience death in similar ways.
4) Jung diverged from Freud by arguing archetypes
Carl Jung disagreed with some of Freud's theories and developed his own ideas. He believed that in addition to personal experiences, humans are influenced by innate archetypes from our ancestors and collective unconscious. Jung also believed that libido or psychic energy is not just sexual, but drives us towards many goals. He introduced concepts like introversion/extroversion and thinking/feeling as ways we process information. Jung explored ideas like the shadow self and anima/animus that influence our behavior outside our conscious awareness.
Jacques lacan the four fundamental concepts of psychoanalysissaeed_eob
This document appears to be the preface to Jacques Lacan's book "The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis". In the preface, Lacan discusses several key aspects of psychoanalysis including: the unconscious and how it differs from what is commonly imagined; the role of the analyst in treatment and how their own history influences their work; the question of what drives someone to take on the role of analyst after undergoing their own analysis; and the concept of "lack" and how the lack of lack shapes our understanding of reality. Overall, the preface serves to provide context around Lacan's perspective on psychoanalysis and how it has developed since Freud's early conceptualization of the field.
This document discusses Jacques Lacan's views on identity, language, and love as they relate to the poet Elizabeth Bishop. It outlines Lacan's three stages of psychic development: the imaginary, the symbolic, and the real. Key concepts discussed include the mirror stage, the Oedipal stage, and how the unconscious is structured like language. Questions are posed about gender, desire, and Lacan's view that love stems from an inability to achieve a complete relationship between the sexes. Bishop's poetry is said to theme displacement and her use of form represents distancing from loss.
(Psychoanalytic Theory) Literature - By Nisa Kae Anne and Fatimah Nur Khairunnisa
The document provides background information on psychoanalytic criticism and summarizes key concepts from Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung's theories. It then provides two examples analyzed through a psychoanalytic lens: the short story "The Yellow Wallpaper" and the poem "Because I could not stop for Death". Both works are examined in terms of Freudian concepts like the unconscious mind, repression, and death drive. Jung's idea of archetypes is also applied to interpret symbolic elements in "The Yellow Wallpaper".
Jung introduced the theory of analytical psychology in 1914. He believed personality is made up of interacting systems, including the conscious ego, personal unconscious, complexes, collective unconscious, and archetypes. The personal unconscious contains memories and experiences that have been forgotten or suppressed, while the collective unconscious consists of inherited experiences from ancestry. Archetypes in the collective unconscious include personas, anima, animus, and the self, which tries to synthesize all personality components into a unified whole known as self-actualization. Jung also described introversion and extraversion as personality types.
Term Psychoanalytical literary criticismParmar Milan
This document provides an overview of psychoanalytic literary criticism. It discusses how psychoanalytic literary theory emerged in the 19th century influenced by Sigmund Freud's tradition of psychoanalysis. It describes three common practices of psychoanalytic criticism including interpreting works through the author's personality, using works to understand the author's personality, and experiencing the author's subjective consciousness. The document also examines Freud's role in developing dynamic psychology and applying psychoanalytic concepts like the Oedipus complex to analyze literary works. It outlines key concepts in psychoanalytic criticism including analyzing characters as case studies and the author's psyche through their works.
This document provides an overview of Carl Jung's theory of the psyche and how it can be applied to interpret Shakespeare's The Tempest. It explains Jung's concepts of the personal unconscious, collective unconscious, ego, archetypes like the shadow and anima/animus. It analyzes how Prospero, Ariel, and Caliban represent different parts of the psyche and how Prospero grows through balancing the opposites they represent according to Jungian theory.
Carl Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology. He studied under Sigmund Freud but later separated from Freud to develop his own theories. Jung believed that archetypes from religion, mythology and dreams provided clues to the human unconscious mind. He introduced concepts such as the shadow, anima/animus, and the self. Jung differed from Freud in believing that exploring the unconscious could help treat both mentally ill and neurotypical patients.
This document provides an overview of psychoanalytic literary theory and some of its key figures. It discusses how psychoanalytic literary theory emerged in the 19th century and analyzes literature through references to authors' personalities and works to understand their unconscious minds. It profiles Sigmund Freud and his theories of the unconscious, id, ego and superego. It also summarizes Carl Jung's concepts of archetypes and the collective unconscious. Finally, it briefly outlines Jacques Lacan's stages of the imaginary, mirror and symbolic orders in human mental development.
This document provides an overview of the concept of hermeneutics. It discusses the origins and meaning of the word hermeneutics, tracing it back to the Greek god Hermes. It examines how figures like Plato, St. Augustine, and Friedrich Schleiermacher contributed to the development of hermeneutics. Key points include: Hermeneutics is the art of interpretation; Plato associated Hermes with language and speech in his dialogue Cratylus; St. Augustine discussed rules for interpreting texts, especially scripture; Schleiermacher recognized understanding requires considering both language and the thinker who uses that language.
La subjectivité artificielle : ébauche d'un programme de recherche (old version)Jean-Jacques Pinto
Cette expression "subjectivité artificielle" est un pléonasme, s'il est exact que la subjectivité humaine ne peut être qu'artificielle (au sens d'acquise et non innée)... Elle désignerait donc :
1. le programme subjectif prétendument "naturel", mais il se pourrait bien que la subjectivité humaine ne puisse être qu'artificielle : il n'y a pas de "nature humaine", seulement une "condition humaine"
2. tout logiciel de subjectivité artificielle écrit par des humains pour simuler la subjectivité humaine "naturelle", et en particulier les subjilectes ou lectes subjectifs. À ce propos, signalons que dès 1983, inspirés par le titre du livre de William Skyvington ("Machina sapiens". Essai sur l'intelligence artificielle. Seuil, 1976), nous avons proposé l'expression "Machina subjectiva" pour désigner l'ensemble des projets tendant à construire cette subjectivité artificielle, et déposé à l'INPI le terme "subjiciel" pour désigner les logiciels de subjectivité artificielle.
Resumen de la conferencia "PSICOANÁLISIS Y NEUROCIENCIAS"Jean-Jacques Pinto
Destacando la especificidad de cada uno de estos dos enfoques en cuanto al acceso al psiquismo humano, el conferenciante intentará, apoyándose entre otras cosas en una analogía simple y un método original de análisis de discurso, mostrar esto : Contrariamente a las posiciones dogmáticas (acompañadas de rechazo mutuo) emanando de los incondicionales partidarios atrincherados en sus respectivos territorios, existen puentes y posibilidades de una cooperación fructífera entre neurociencia y psicoanálisis. Una condición esencial para este diálogo es que sea vuelto a definir lo que nunca habría debido dejar de inspirarlos : el enfoque científico, considerado a la vez — en sus variantes adaptadas a las ciencias de la naturaleza y a las ciencias humanas, — y en su preocupación de demostración y de refutación en lo que se refiere tanto al caso particular que a la ley general.
T.P. Kailasam's perspective in his play "The Purpose" differs from the myth of the Mahabharata presented by Vyasa. In the play, Eklavya is portrayed as a noble hero who learns archery to protect animals, while Arjuna's motivation is selfish as he desires only to become the greatest archer. This challenges the traditional view of Arjuna as a heroic ideal. Kailasam aims to give voice to marginalized characters and elevate Eklavya by highlighting his skills and nobility over Arjuna. The contradictory perspectives presented cannot be taken as definitive truth according to Nietzsche's concept of perspectivism.
The document discusses learning and using new words. It explains that learning new vocabulary increases ability to understand and communicate ideas in academic settings, everyday life such as purchases, and work. Learning new words helps with reading comprehension and writing in school. Understanding legal terms is important for personal transactions like buying a car. Using words effectively also helps career success and advancement. The document encourages predicting how vocabulary relates to different life contexts and provides examples.
Psychoanalytical criticism examines texts through the psychological lens of theorists like Sigmund Freud and Jacques Lacan. Freudian critics focus on unconscious feelings and motives revealed through mechanisms like the id, ego, superego, and Oedipus complex. They seek to identify the "psyche" and apply psychoanalytic theory to literary history. Lacanian critics uncover the unconscious meanings beneath conscious text, demonstrating concepts like the mirror stage and analyzing language and structure in terms of Lacan's symbolic, imaginary, and real orders.
This presentation analyzes Sylvia Plath's poem "The Arrival of the Bee Box" using psychoanalytic and stylistic approaches. It discusses how the poem depicts Plath as mentally disturbed and suffering from a split personality. The bee box represents Plath's troubled mind, which is locked away and filled with dark, swarming thoughts that terrify her. Through imagery of darkness and repetition of "dark" and "black", the poem conveys the intensity of Plath's negative feelings. The analysis finds that Plath used the poem to explore her darkest unconscious thoughts and inner demons through her poetic art.
Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist who developed psychoanalysis, a method of analyzing unconscious conflicts through free association, dreams, and fantasies. Freud's theories on topics like the Oedipus complex, libido, and the ego structure of the id, ego, and superego were highly influential. Psychoanalytic criticism applies Freudian concepts like the Oedipus complex to analyze literary characters and their motivations, as well as exploring the unconscious desires and anxieties that may have influenced the author. Critics examine works for evidence of things like repressed emotions, psychological conflicts, and childhood traumas that shaped the author and are reflected in their writing. Famous examples include Freud's analysis of Hamlet in
Psychoanalytic criticism analyzes literary texts through the methods of Sigmund Freud and Jacques Lacan to interpret unconscious desires, anxieties, and neuroses expressed by the author. It views literary works as manifestations of the author's psyche and seeks to trace childhood traumas, psychological conflicts, and repressed emotions encoded symbolically in the text. Specifically, it examines texts for evidence of the Oedipus complex and other phenomena like condensation, symbolism, and displacement as ways unconscious material emerges indirectly in literature similar to how it appears in dreams.
Carl Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist who founded analytical psychology. Some key points of his theory include:
1) He proposed the collective unconscious - a reservoir of experiences shared by humanity that influences our behaviors and emotions. It contains archetypes - innate tendencies to experience things in certain ways.
2) Major archetypes include the mother, representing nurturing relationships, and the shadow, representing repressed desires and the "dark side" of humanity.
3) Dreams, myths, and spiritual experiences across cultures provide evidence of the collective unconscious and archetypes. Near-death experiences in particular suggest we are "built" to experience death in similar ways.
4) Jung diverged from Freud by arguing archetypes
Carl Jung disagreed with some of Freud's theories and developed his own ideas. He believed that in addition to personal experiences, humans are influenced by innate archetypes from our ancestors and collective unconscious. Jung also believed that libido or psychic energy is not just sexual, but drives us towards many goals. He introduced concepts like introversion/extroversion and thinking/feeling as ways we process information. Jung explored ideas like the shadow self and anima/animus that influence our behavior outside our conscious awareness.
Jacques lacan the four fundamental concepts of psychoanalysissaeed_eob
This document appears to be the preface to Jacques Lacan's book "The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis". In the preface, Lacan discusses several key aspects of psychoanalysis including: the unconscious and how it differs from what is commonly imagined; the role of the analyst in treatment and how their own history influences their work; the question of what drives someone to take on the role of analyst after undergoing their own analysis; and the concept of "lack" and how the lack of lack shapes our understanding of reality. Overall, the preface serves to provide context around Lacan's perspective on psychoanalysis and how it has developed since Freud's early conceptualization of the field.
This document discusses Jacques Lacan's views on identity, language, and love as they relate to the poet Elizabeth Bishop. It outlines Lacan's three stages of psychic development: the imaginary, the symbolic, and the real. Key concepts discussed include the mirror stage, the Oedipal stage, and how the unconscious is structured like language. Questions are posed about gender, desire, and Lacan's view that love stems from an inability to achieve a complete relationship between the sexes. Bishop's poetry is said to theme displacement and her use of form represents distancing from loss.
(Psychoanalytic Theory) Literature - By Nisa Kae Anne and Fatimah Nur Khairunnisa
The document provides background information on psychoanalytic criticism and summarizes key concepts from Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung's theories. It then provides two examples analyzed through a psychoanalytic lens: the short story "The Yellow Wallpaper" and the poem "Because I could not stop for Death". Both works are examined in terms of Freudian concepts like the unconscious mind, repression, and death drive. Jung's idea of archetypes is also applied to interpret symbolic elements in "The Yellow Wallpaper".
Jung introduced the theory of analytical psychology in 1914. He believed personality is made up of interacting systems, including the conscious ego, personal unconscious, complexes, collective unconscious, and archetypes. The personal unconscious contains memories and experiences that have been forgotten or suppressed, while the collective unconscious consists of inherited experiences from ancestry. Archetypes in the collective unconscious include personas, anima, animus, and the self, which tries to synthesize all personality components into a unified whole known as self-actualization. Jung also described introversion and extraversion as personality types.
Term Psychoanalytical literary criticismParmar Milan
This document provides an overview of psychoanalytic literary criticism. It discusses how psychoanalytic literary theory emerged in the 19th century influenced by Sigmund Freud's tradition of psychoanalysis. It describes three common practices of psychoanalytic criticism including interpreting works through the author's personality, using works to understand the author's personality, and experiencing the author's subjective consciousness. The document also examines Freud's role in developing dynamic psychology and applying psychoanalytic concepts like the Oedipus complex to analyze literary works. It outlines key concepts in psychoanalytic criticism including analyzing characters as case studies and the author's psyche through their works.
This document provides an overview of Carl Jung's theory of the psyche and how it can be applied to interpret Shakespeare's The Tempest. It explains Jung's concepts of the personal unconscious, collective unconscious, ego, archetypes like the shadow and anima/animus. It analyzes how Prospero, Ariel, and Caliban represent different parts of the psyche and how Prospero grows through balancing the opposites they represent according to Jungian theory.
Carl Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology. He studied under Sigmund Freud but later separated from Freud to develop his own theories. Jung believed that archetypes from religion, mythology and dreams provided clues to the human unconscious mind. He introduced concepts such as the shadow, anima/animus, and the self. Jung differed from Freud in believing that exploring the unconscious could help treat both mentally ill and neurotypical patients.
This document provides an overview of psychoanalytic literary theory and some of its key figures. It discusses how psychoanalytic literary theory emerged in the 19th century and analyzes literature through references to authors' personalities and works to understand their unconscious minds. It profiles Sigmund Freud and his theories of the unconscious, id, ego and superego. It also summarizes Carl Jung's concepts of archetypes and the collective unconscious. Finally, it briefly outlines Jacques Lacan's stages of the imaginary, mirror and symbolic orders in human mental development.
This document provides an overview of the concept of hermeneutics. It discusses the origins and meaning of the word hermeneutics, tracing it back to the Greek god Hermes. It examines how figures like Plato, St. Augustine, and Friedrich Schleiermacher contributed to the development of hermeneutics. Key points include: Hermeneutics is the art of interpretation; Plato associated Hermes with language and speech in his dialogue Cratylus; St. Augustine discussed rules for interpreting texts, especially scripture; Schleiermacher recognized understanding requires considering both language and the thinker who uses that language.
La subjectivité artificielle : ébauche d'un programme de recherche (old version)Jean-Jacques Pinto
Cette expression "subjectivité artificielle" est un pléonasme, s'il est exact que la subjectivité humaine ne peut être qu'artificielle (au sens d'acquise et non innée)... Elle désignerait donc :
1. le programme subjectif prétendument "naturel", mais il se pourrait bien que la subjectivité humaine ne puisse être qu'artificielle : il n'y a pas de "nature humaine", seulement une "condition humaine"
2. tout logiciel de subjectivité artificielle écrit par des humains pour simuler la subjectivité humaine "naturelle", et en particulier les subjilectes ou lectes subjectifs. À ce propos, signalons que dès 1983, inspirés par le titre du livre de William Skyvington ("Machina sapiens". Essai sur l'intelligence artificielle. Seuil, 1976), nous avons proposé l'expression "Machina subjectiva" pour désigner l'ensemble des projets tendant à construire cette subjectivité artificielle, et déposé à l'INPI le terme "subjiciel" pour désigner les logiciels de subjectivité artificielle.
Resumen de la conferencia "PSICOANÁLISIS Y NEUROCIENCIAS"Jean-Jacques Pinto
Destacando la especificidad de cada uno de estos dos enfoques en cuanto al acceso al psiquismo humano, el conferenciante intentará, apoyándose entre otras cosas en una analogía simple y un método original de análisis de discurso, mostrar esto : Contrariamente a las posiciones dogmáticas (acompañadas de rechazo mutuo) emanando de los incondicionales partidarios atrincherados en sus respectivos territorios, existen puentes y posibilidades de una cooperación fructífera entre neurociencia y psicoanálisis. Una condición esencial para este diálogo es que sea vuelto a definir lo que nunca habría debido dejar de inspirarlos : el enfoque científico, considerado a la vez — en sus variantes adaptadas a las ciencias de la naturaleza y a las ciencias humanas, — y en su preocupación de demostración y de refutación en lo que se refiere tanto al caso particular que a la ley general.
La subjectivité artificielle : ébauche d'un projet de recherche (new version)Jean-Jacques Pinto
Cette expression "subjectivité artificielle" est un pléonasme, s'il est exact que la subjectivité humaine ne peut être qu'artificielle (au sens d'acquise et non innée)... Elle désignerait donc :
1. le programme subjectif prétendument "naturel", mais il se pourrait bien que la subjectivité humaine ne puisse être qu'artificielle : il n'y a pas de "nature humaine", seulement une "condition humaine"
2. tout logiciel de subjectivité artificielle écrit par des humains pour simuler la subjectivité humaine "naturelle", et en particulier les subjilectes ou lectes subjectifs. À ce propos, signalons que dès 1983, inspirés par le titre du livre de William Skyvington ("Machina sapiens". Essai sur l'intelligence artificielle. Seuil, 1976), nous avons proposé l'expression "Machina subjectiva" pour désigner l'ensemble des projets tendant à construire cette subjectivité artificielle, et déposé à l'INPI le terme "subjiciel" pour désigner les logiciels de subjectivité artificielle.
DIAGNOSTIC : DIFFÉRENDS ? CIEL ! « Quelle peut être la teneur du discours psy...Jean-Jacques Pinto
Cet article, qui se veut lisible aux non-analystes, se propose de parcourir en quatre temps la problématique offerte à notre réflexion : deux temps (de rang impair) d'analyse de l'argument qui en fournit le contexte, et deux (de rang pair) de propositions présentant nos vues sur ce que pourrait être la teneur du discours analytique dans les prochaines années.
Après cette introduction, un premier parcours réexaminera point par point mais informellement l'argument de J.-P. Journet en montrant que chacune de ses propositions peut donner lieu à un commentaire “bifide” à même de servir ou de desservir le discours analytique. D'où l'intérêt du “DIAGNOSTIC DIFFÉRENTIEL” évoqué dans notre titre, qui fait entrevoir les pièges que l'HOMONYMIE peut tendre à ce discours.
Puis, pour préparer un second balayage qui ne s'en tienne ni à la doxa analytique, ni aux opinions même autorisées de nos ténors et seniors, il sera proposé deux tentatives de redéfinitions (“APOPHATIQUE” et “RÉCURSIVE”) de ce qu'est l'analyse, ainsi que des outils méthodologiques fonctionnant en aval de ces redéfinitions pour déjouer les embûches de l'homonymie “externe” et “interne” (à partir d'un syllogisme pouvant faire consensus).
Le troisième temps sera fait justement de ce second balayage de la problématique, dont les éléments seront reconsidérés et analysés plus méthodiquement : “diagnostic différentiel externe” entre le discours analytique et les discours psychologique, philosophique, sociologique et celui de la science moderne ; et “diagnostic différentiel interne” portant sur l'intrication entre avancées théoriques des analystes et survivance à répétition d'éléments fantasmatiques...
Enfin une quatrième partie exposera propositions et perspectives résultant de ces analyses (principe d'économie quant à la source des théorisations analytiques ; dialogue avec les autres champs, mais sans compromissions ; relations spécifiques avec le discours de la science), l'ensemble débouchant sur une invitation, au delà des DIFFÉRENDS, à renouveler sur certains points la teneur du discours analytique...
Fantasma, discorso, ideologia. Riguardo una trasmissione che non sia propagandaJean-Jacques Pinto
La propaganda si trova ovunque, non solamente nella pubblicità o nella politica. Prima di essere verticale e indirizzata a lontani sconosciuti, è orizzontale e si indirizza a conoscenti prossimi. Perché essa infatti riposa/si basa su una struttura psichica atta a riceverla ed a ritrasmetterla, struttura che è il risultato dell’identificazione soggettiva, incosciente quindi non modificabile dalla cognizione, l’argomentazione, la ragione.
La forma e il contenuto della propaganda si spiegano dalla soggettività incosciente piuttosto che da Pavlov. Questa si può descrivere nel contesto sociale dalla nostra “Analisi delle Logiche Soggettive” (erede critica della teoria dei Quattro Discorsi di Lacan, insufficiente in molti aspetti).
1. Viktor Frankl developed logotherapy, which focuses on a "will to meaning" rather than Freud's "will to pleasure" or Adler's "will to power."
2. He observed that prisoners in Nazi death camps who had hopes, projects, or faith were more likely to survive.
3. Frankl argued that existential frustration and meaninglessness can lead to conditions like depression, addiction, and aggression, and that finding meaning is important for mental health.
New microsoft office word document (3)Reshma Zahra
The document provides an overview of Transactional Analysis theory as developed by Eric Berne in the 1950s and expanded upon by others since. It discusses the key concepts of ego states (Parent, Adult, Child), transactions between people from different ego states, and the modern subdivision of ego states into more detailed categories. Transactional Analysis aims to understand personality, communication patterns, and repetitive behaviors through analyzing stimuli and responses between people's ego states.
This document discusses the concept of soul/psyche within psychoanalysis. It argues that soul has been systematically eradicated from psychoanalysis in its translations to English, but was an inherent part of Freud's original work. It explores the difficulty of knowing oneself and one's soul through quotes from Plato and others. It suggests psychoanalysis without soul would be incomplete, and that truly knowing oneself requires a deeper, soulful understanding beyond intellectual knowledge alone. Effective therapy requires the ability of therapists to bear witness to and contain a patient's soul.
Unified Consciousness discusses various concepts related to the unity of mental states in consciousness. Philosophers generally agree that for mental states to be unified, they must be linked by phenomenology. However, philosophers differ in their specific theories of unity - for example, Bayne's view of a single total conscious state subsuming all other states, versus Prinz's Resonance Theory of Unity which emphasizes phenomenology. The document then provides examples from schizophrenia to illustrate challenges to unified consciousness.
Locke's theory of personal identity argues that personal identity is derived from consciousness, the ability to be aware of one's experiences. Hume takes a different view, arguing that the self is not a single impression but rather a "bundle" of perceptions that are constantly changing. While we perceive our identity as continuous, Hume claims it is actually just closely related, separate objects that we mistakenly view as one continuous experience. Reid later critiques Locke's view, noting that if memories are forgotten, one cannot sensibly infer an underlying self connecting all experiences. The author finds Hume's argument more convincing than Locke's, believing the idea of a continuous conscious self is false and that we confuse closely related experiences as
My presentation from the 2016 International Congress of Psychology in Yokohama, Japan--focusing on a Husserlian approach the origins of the "I" in relation to the You.
Bridging transpersonal psychology’s implications for assisting psychodynamic ...Lynn Baxter
Transpersonal psychology focuses on altered states of consciousness and transcendent experiences to understand the human mind and treat mental disorders. It emerged in response to limitations in psychoanalytic, behaviorist, and humanistic theories. Transpersonal psychology incorporates spiritual and transcendent experiences into theories of personality development and the ego. It views these altered states as opportunities for healing from trauma by accessing new ways of knowing beyond the personal level of consciousness that may have been disrupted. Incorporating clients' spiritual experiences can help restore internal dialogues and support integrating new meanings to foster coping and a sense of wholeness.
Intersubjectivity refers to the psychological relationship between people and the shared meanings constructed in human interactions. It has been explored in philosophy, psychology, sociology and psychoanalysis. Key authors who studied intersubjectivity in psychoanalysis include Heinz Kuhot, Robert Stolorow, George E. Atwood, Jessica Benjamin, and Silvia Montefoshci. Jessica Benjamin wrote about intersubjectivity originating from Jurgen Habermas' concept of "the intersubjectivity of mutual understanding." The article argues that psychoanalytic relationships involve an unconscious intersubjectivity between analyst and patient.
Heinz Kohut introduced self psychology in the 1970s, establishing it as one of the most significant psychoanalytic theories since Freud. Kohut questioned the theories he was trained in after encountering patients whose analyses were stalling or ending prematurely. He developed his theory of the self by closely observing patient Ms. F, who demanded he perfectly attune to her experiences. Kohut learned to understand things exclusively from her viewpoint, which he termed "experience-near." This approach led Kohut to understand Ms. F.'s need for recognition as a developmental arrest due to empathic failures in childhood. Kohut maintained that empathic failures between parents and children were at the root of psychopathology and that empathy itself could
1) Freud's 1912 hypothesis of the unconscious fundamentally changed the understanding of the human psyche by proposing unconscious mental processes.
2) This led to Freud's structural division of the psyche into the ego, id, and superego, and helped explain how childhood memories remain influential in adulthood despite being forgotten.
3) The document reviews predecessors of Freud's concept of the unconscious like Schelling, Carus, Hartmann, Schopenhauer, and Nietzsche, and discusses key characteristics of the unconscious like the primary process and timelessness.
The document discusses various philosophical concepts including metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and aesthetics. It explores the nature of existence, knowledge, morality, and art. It argues that life was created to represent the difference between animate and inanimate objects, while purpose was created to explain human actions and values. God was conceived last to explain the greatest value of human life. Ultimately, it suggests the greatest value is the love of one's life.
This document provides an overview and introduction to a two-part essay series on nihilism by the author Yusuf Ponders. In the first part, the author defines nihilism as rejecting meaning and purpose in life. The author explores the causes of nihilism and its effects on society, such as a lack of collective values and increase in societal divisions. The author argues that nihilism is both an individual and collective problem that must be addressed. Islam is introduced as a potential solution that will be further examined in the second part.
The document discusses the Serenity Prayer and how mindfulness relates to it. It argues that [1] there is no permanent self, as our consciousness fluctuates moment to moment, [2] we cannot change the past or other people, but through mindfulness of the present moment we can change ourselves and the future, [3] regular mindfulness practice provides insight and wisdom to know how to accept what cannot be changed and have the courage and wisdom to change what can be changed.
Intersubjectivity refers to the shared understanding and mutual recognition between subjects or persons. It occurs when individuals engage with one another on a level beyond simple awareness, and recognize each other as unique subjects. Several philosophers have explored intersubjectivity, including Confucius, who emphasized practical humanism and social harmony, Martin Buber's "I-Thou" conceptualization of interpersonal relationships, and Karol Wojtyla's notion of participation and gift of self with others in community. Authentic dialogue is considered one form of intersubjective relationship.
In this module, you will journey to the very heart of this course: Philosophy as a subject presents various philosophers offering multiple perspectives on just about any topic including the self. Philosophically, discussion of the self is a basic search for meaning and purpose in life. Determination, rationalization, and identification of the self-set the direction from which an individual travel to fulfill his or her purpose in life. The inability to define oneself leads to a lot of contradictions within the self later on; hence, it is one of the many imperatives in life to know oneself and to go on with the business of leading a life charted by oneself.
The document discusses different philosophical perspectives on the self from various thinkers throughout history. It provides summaries of the views of prominent philosophers including Plato, Socrates, Augustine, Aquinas, Descartes, Hume, Kant, Freud on the nature of the self and how it is composed. Their views range from the self being dualistic with both a body and soul, to a bundle of perceptions and experiences, to the role of unconscious influences on behavior. The document aims to examine how one's personal identity is shaped by internal and external factors from these philosophical lenses.
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Fred Pine proposes reconceptualizing psychoanalysis as the study of the workings of the mind rather than as pluralism or incompatible theories. He argues that contributions seen as pluralism have actually filled gaps in areas Freud excluded, like object relations, self, preoedipal development, and the impact of the analyst. These developments represent an increased knowledge of the mind rather than contradictory theories. However, historical and group factors have led psychoanalysis to fragment into sect-like subgroups that view each other's theories as oppositional rather than additive.
Logotheory as Phenomenological PhilosophyTimo Purjo
This document discusses philosophical perspectives on the human person and spirituality. It describes philosophical anthropology as examining the constitution and existence of humans holistically and normatively. Phenomenology is discussed as a method to analyze experiences and awareness. Max Scheler's view of spirit, psyche, and body as modes of human existence is presented, as is Nicolai Hartmann's division of reality into inanimate, organic, psychic, and intellectual-spiritual levels. The spiritual is described as capable of self-reflection, directionality, and sharing meanings intersubjectively. Situationality is introduced as how one relates to their world. The differences between psychic and spiritual awareness are outlined, with the spiritual described as objectifying experiences through concepts and
This document discusses different philosophical perspectives on the concept of the self. It begins by outlining the objectives of understanding the self from a philosophical lens and exploring key questions about the nature of the self. It then provides an overview of empiricism and rationalism as two approaches in philosophy. Several philosophers are discussed, including their distinct views on the self - whether it is composed of mind and body, a soul, or reducible to behaviors. In under 3 sentences, the document seeks to explain different philosophical perspectives on the concept of the self by outlining key questions about the nature of the self, discussing empiricism and rationalism, and summarizing various philosophers' distinct views on whether the self is composed of mind and body, a soul
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1) O documento discute as relações entre psicanálise e neurociências, argumentando que embora explorem objetos diferentes, os dois enfoques são complementares para a investigação científica do psiquismo humano.
2) É proposta uma analogia entre o cérebro (hardware) e a mente (software), sugerindo que assim como programas diferentes podem rodar no mesmo computador, experiências de vida diferentes moldam mentes diferentes nos mesmos corpos.
3) Defende-se uma cooperação entre os dois campos, onde as neurociências explorariam o determinismo biol
Complément sur le parler "E → I" ("parler du progrès" ou "parler constructeur...Jean-Jacques Pinto
Dans mon article de la revue Marges Linguistiques intitulé "Linguistique et psychanalyse, une approche logiciste", j'ai du écourter certains passages, par contrainte éditoriale sur le nombre de pages. Je publie ici des compléments extraits du chapitre méthodologique complet "Esquisse d'une psychanalyse scientifique" tiré du livre "La parole est aux discours" (co-écrit avec Éliane Pons), et augmentés d'exemples.
Le parler "E → I" ("du progrès"), parler de la rédemption, du rachat, de la réparation, avec sa biographie en deux étapes (jeunesse "folle" et âge mûr "rangé"), semble résulter d'un jugement en deux temps du parent, qui rejette au début un enfant non conforme à son attente, puis « se fait une raison », s'en accommode, et remédie au "défaut" naturel par l'éducation, la "formation", la "construction de la personnalité de l'enfant".
On trouvera dans la suite de l'article, à travers le parcours de Louis Aragon, un exemple détaillé du fonctionnement du parler constructeur.
Este documento fornece definições de termos-chave relacionados à Análise das Lógicas Subjetivas (A.L.S.), um método de análise de discurso desenvolvido por Jean-Jacques Pinto. Ele inclui definições concisas de termos como A.L.S., fantasia, atomismo, cogniciência e outros conceitos fundamentais para compreender este método de análise.
L’ANALYSE DES LOGIQUES SUBJECTIVES
LOGIQUE DES ÉNONCÉS PSYCHOTIQUES
Jean-Jacques Pinto
Psychanalyste, formateur et conférencier
Aix-Marseille
(Des passages de ce texte de 1984 ont été incorporés dans ma conférence sur la psychothérapie des
psychoses, mais il procède d une approche globale différente, ce qui justifie sa publication qui n est donc
pas redondante)
Prolongement de L’ANALYSE DES LOGIQUES SUBJECTIVES :
La subjectivité artificielle
Jean-Jacques Pinto
Psychanalyste, formateur et conférencier, Aix-Marseille
Cette expression "subjectivité artificielle" est un pléonasme, s'il est exact que la subjectivité humaine ne peut être qu'artificielle (au sens d'acquise et non innée) ... Elle désignerait donc :
1. le programme subjectif "naturel", mais il se pourrait bien que la subjectivité humaine ne puisse être qu'artificielle : il n'y a pas de "nature humaine", seulement une "condition humaine"
2. tout logiciel de subjectivité artificielle écrit par des humains pour simuler la subjectivité humaine "naturelle", et en particulier les subjilectes ou lectes subjectifs. À ce propos, signalons que dès 1983, inspirés par le titre du livre de William Skyvington (Machina sapiens. Essai sur l'intelligence artificielle. Seuil, 1976), nous avons proposé l'expression "Machina subjectiva" pour désigner l'ensemble des projets tendant à
La violence scolaire envisagée sous l’angle de l’Analyse des Logiques Subjec...Jean-Jacques Pinto
La violence scolaire envisagée sous l’angle de l’Analyse des Logiques Subjectives (A.L.S.)
Exposé dialogué avec des lycéens (septembre 1996), réécrit en style moins direct pour les enseignants.
Il faut distinguer des mots de sens relativement voisins mais toutefois différents :
- l'agressivité précède la violence: un chien dit agressif n'a probablement pas encore mordu...
- la violence suppose un passage à l'acte qui fait mal ou qui détruit; pratiquée sur quelqu'un, elle peut recevoir le nom d'agression (différent d'agressivité); ce n'est donc que par métaphore qu'on parle de violence verbale (sans acte). Dans le sens qui nous occupe ici il est question de violence habituelle, chronique, et non de violence passagère.
- la délinquance, amalgamée à tort avec la violence par les médias et le grand public désignerait plutôt une violence "à but lucratif", intéressée.
- même s'il peut être qualifié de "mort violente", un accident mortel (avec un révolver par exemple) n'est pas de la violence car celle-ci suppose une intention de détruire.
(Suite dans le corps de l'article lui-même)
Préambule épistémologique à l'article de "Marges Linguistiques"Jean-Jacques Pinto
Préambule épistémologique à l'article de Jean-Jacques Pinto paru en novembre 2004 dans le n°8 de la revue "Marges Linguistiques" et intitulé "Linguistique et psychanalyse : pour une approche logiciste" (début de l'article)
1) Pour se faire une idée de la ou des psychoses, l'argument d'autorité ne vaut pas lorsqu'on a un minimum d'esprit scientifique.
a) Nous sommes redevables à Freud d'avoir inventé la psychanalyse, mais cela ne l'a pas empêché de commettre des erreurs. Seul un acte de (mauvaise) foi incompatible avec une démarche scientifique pourrait chercher à les perpétuer.
b) Nous sommes redevables à Lacan de "l'inconscient structuré comme un langage", mais lui aussi a fait des erreurs qu'il convient de dissiper pour faire évoluer la question.
2) Les trois identifications et les trois niveaux de la structure psychique.
Il importe de bien distinguer les trois niveaux que la psychose bouleversera :
- Le niveau de la relation imaginaire m -> i (a) entre le moi et le moi idéal
- Le niveau du fantasme $ -> a reliant le sujet inconscient à l'objet du désir
- Le niveau de l'Inconscient, qui est un discours non-grammatical régi par une logique purement combinatoire
3) Complétons la définition de l'identification, envisagée à présent comme la connexion signifiant-affect, le signifiant étant le matériau sonore du langage, et l'affect toute émotion simple (en gros : plaisir/déplaisir).
4) Il y a chez le schizophrène une "carence" de la fonction métaphorique, donc de la possibilité de fantasmer.
• Il ne s'agit donc pas dans la psychothérapie des psychoses d'user d'interprétations fondées sur un repérage analytique classique. Il est inutile d'attendre qu'à la manière d'un névrotique le schizophrène livre dans ses associations libres la clef de ses symptômes.
• Ici il faut donc une "psychanalyse à l'envers" (Racamier), une "antipsychanalyse", une "psychosynthèse" qui structure. Il faut synthétiser du sens à la place du patient pour lui permettre de se constituer des fantasmes, une réalité psychique.
5) La réponse du patient à l'action psychothérapique.
Dans une analyse classique, un des critères d'efficacité, au-delà de la disparition de quelques symptômes, est le "changement de discours" : le patient se met à structurer différemment son propos, et comme "l'inconscient est structuré comme un langage", c'est le signe d'une transformation profonde de sa "personnalité".
Ici, la réponse du patient à la psychothérapie consiste à nous fournir de plus en plus de matériel verbal "'a - signifiant", comme s'il nous encourageait à continuer pour lui ce processus de symbolisation.
6) Le réveil du délire est prévisible, souhaitable et contrôlable au cours de la thérapie : on peut le décrire comme une psychose de transfert, par analogie avec la névrose de transfert de la psychanalyse classique.
Tout en marquant la spécificité de chacune de ces deux approches quant à l’abord du psychisme humain, le conférencier tentera, entre autres à l’aide d’une analogie simple et d’une méthode originale d’analyse de discours, de montrer ceci :
À l’encontre des positions dogmatiques (assorties de rejet mutuel) émanant des camps retranchés d’inconditionnels partisans, il existe des passerelles et des possibilités de coopération fructueuse entre neurosciences et psychanalyse.
Une condition essentielle pour ce dialogue est que soit redéfini ce qui n’aurait jamais dû cesser de les inspirer : la démarche scientifique, considérée à la fois
– dans ses variantes adaptées aux sciences de la nature et aux sciences humaines,
– dans son souci de démonstration et de réfutation en ce qui concerne aussi bien le cas particulier que la loi générale.
• Nous parlons ici de l’interprétation en psychanalyse freudo-lacanienne, différente de l’interprétation en psychologie analytique jungienne.
• En dépit de ce qu’on peut lire même sous la plume de certains psychanalystes, l’inconscient n’est pas archaïque, primitif, sous-développé ou inculte. Il connaît toutes les possibilités de transformation linguistiques et rhétoriques, et utilise pour se manifester toutes les combinaisons et permutations imaginables.
• Il sera notamment question ici du rébus, en partant de son fonctionnement dans les langues à écriture non-alphabétique (égyptien, chinois ...) pour arriver à sa fonction dans l'inconscient ...
Argument :
Après avoir donné une description rapide et critique des Quatre Discours de Lacan, nous montrerons l'intérêt d'instaurer, pour leur trouver un substitut, un dialogue entre science et psychanalyse par le biais des « analysciences », dont fait partie l'Analyse des Logiques Subjectives (A.L.S.)
À une formalisation prématurée des dialectes du discours courant, nous préférerons la découverte par induction de ses « règles de grammaire » à partir d'exemples concrets.
Ensuite seulement viendra une présentation logicisée et déductive des trouvailles de l'A.L.S. puis la mise en relation des « parlers » (substitut des « discours ») avec la genèse des identifications dont le moteur est le discours parental.
Enfin nous parcourrons l'éventail des applications nombreuses et fécondes de l'A.L.S., depuis son retour critique sur le discours analytique jusqu'aux analyses de textes quotidiens, politiques, publicitaires, poétiques, voire tirés de réunions de travail.
Des tableaux, échantillons de textes et une bibliographie compléteront l'exposé.
La plupart des études psychosociologiques et des travaux psychanalytiques sur la psychologie sociale admettent l'existence des groupes et des individus, que leurs rapports soient pensés sur un mode idéologique ou analogique comme dans Totem et tabou par exemple (1). Cette existence, qui paraît aller de soi, nous semble être à préciser, sinon à discuter.
(1) Voici l'hypothèse de Freud : "Il n'a sans doute échappé à personne que nous postulons l'existence d'une âme collective dans laquelle s'accomplissent les mêmes processus que ceux ayant leur siège dans l'âme humaine" (S.Freud 1912, 1970, Payot).
Une phrase critique de Jacques Lacan, écrite à propos de la dissolution de l'École Freudienne, va nous servir de fil conducteur pour commenter les trois termes qui figurent dans notre titre : "Le groupe se définit d’être une unité synchrone dont les éléments sont les individus. Mais un sujet n’est pas un individu".
Alternative à la triade "Réel, Symbolique, Imaginaire"Jean-Jacques Pinto
La triade "Réel, Symbolique, Imaginaire" proposée par Lacan pose problème, entre autres pour les trois raisons qui suivent :
- Variations dans la définition des trois termes chez Lacan lui-même
- Désaccord et confusion chez les disciples sur les définitions
- La mise en relation chronologique, - en fait hiérarchique -, des trois vocables est sujette à caution.
Pour les raisons précitées, nous proposons une terminologie différente, bien sûr critiquable elle aussi, mais plus intelligible donc plus accessible à la réfutation.
Authoring a personal GPT for your research and practice: How we created the Q...Leonel Morgado
Thematic analysis in qualitative research is a time-consuming and systematic task, typically done using teams. Team members must ground their activities on common understandings of the major concepts underlying the thematic analysis, and define criteria for its development. However, conceptual misunderstandings, equivocations, and lack of adherence to criteria are challenges to the quality and speed of this process. Given the distributed and uncertain nature of this process, we wondered if the tasks in thematic analysis could be supported by readily available artificial intelligence chatbots. Our early efforts point to potential benefits: not just saving time in the coding process but better adherence to criteria and grounding, by increasing triangulation between humans and artificial intelligence. This tutorial will provide a description and demonstration of the process we followed, as two academic researchers, to develop a custom ChatGPT to assist with qualitative coding in the thematic data analysis process of immersive learning accounts in a survey of the academic literature: QUAL-E Immersive Learning Thematic Analysis Helper. In the hands-on time, participants will try out QUAL-E and develop their ideas for their own qualitative coding ChatGPT. Participants that have the paid ChatGPT Plus subscription can create a draft of their assistants. The organizers will provide course materials and slide deck that participants will be able to utilize to continue development of their custom GPT. The paid subscription to ChatGPT Plus is not required to participate in this workshop, just for trying out personal GPTs during it.
EWOCS-I: The catalog of X-ray sources in Westerlund 1 from the Extended Weste...Sérgio Sacani
Context. With a mass exceeding several 104 M⊙ and a rich and dense population of massive stars, supermassive young star clusters
represent the most massive star-forming environment that is dominated by the feedback from massive stars and gravitational interactions
among stars.
Aims. In this paper we present the Extended Westerlund 1 and 2 Open Clusters Survey (EWOCS) project, which aims to investigate
the influence of the starburst environment on the formation of stars and planets, and on the evolution of both low and high mass stars.
The primary targets of this project are Westerlund 1 and 2, the closest supermassive star clusters to the Sun.
Methods. The project is based primarily on recent observations conducted with the Chandra and JWST observatories. Specifically,
the Chandra survey of Westerlund 1 consists of 36 new ACIS-I observations, nearly co-pointed, for a total exposure time of 1 Msec.
Additionally, we included 8 archival Chandra/ACIS-S observations. This paper presents the resulting catalog of X-ray sources within
and around Westerlund 1. Sources were detected by combining various existing methods, and photon extraction and source validation
were carried out using the ACIS-Extract software.
Results. The EWOCS X-ray catalog comprises 5963 validated sources out of the 9420 initially provided to ACIS-Extract, reaching a
photon flux threshold of approximately 2 × 10−8 photons cm−2
s
−1
. The X-ray sources exhibit a highly concentrated spatial distribution,
with 1075 sources located within the central 1 arcmin. We have successfully detected X-ray emissions from 126 out of the 166 known
massive stars of the cluster, and we have collected over 71 000 photons from the magnetar CXO J164710.20-455217.
Describing and Interpreting an Immersive Learning Case with the Immersion Cub...Leonel Morgado
Current descriptions of immersive learning cases are often difficult or impossible to compare. This is due to a myriad of different options on what details to include, which aspects are relevant, and on the descriptive approaches employed. Also, these aspects often combine very specific details with more general guidelines or indicate intents and rationales without clarifying their implementation. In this paper we provide a method to describe immersive learning cases that is structured to enable comparisons, yet flexible enough to allow researchers and practitioners to decide which aspects to include. This method leverages a taxonomy that classifies educational aspects at three levels (uses, practices, and strategies) and then utilizes two frameworks, the Immersive Learning Brain and the Immersion Cube, to enable a structured description and interpretation of immersive learning cases. The method is then demonstrated on a published immersive learning case on training for wind turbine maintenance using virtual reality. Applying the method results in a structured artifact, the Immersive Learning Case Sheet, that tags the case with its proximal uses, practices, and strategies, and refines the free text case description to ensure that matching details are included. This contribution is thus a case description method in support of future comparative research of immersive learning cases. We then discuss how the resulting description and interpretation can be leveraged to change immersion learning cases, by enriching them (considering low-effort changes or additions) or innovating (exploring more challenging avenues of transformation). The method holds significant promise to support better-grounded research in immersive learning.
The cost of acquiring information by natural selectionCarl Bergstrom
This is a short talk that I gave at the Banff International Research Station workshop on Modeling and Theory in Population Biology. The idea is to try to understand how the burden of natural selection relates to the amount of information that selection puts into the genome.
It's based on the first part of this research paper:
The cost of information acquisition by natural selection
Ryan Seamus McGee, Olivia Kosterlitz, Artem Kaznatcheev, Benjamin Kerr, Carl T. Bergstrom
bioRxiv 2022.07.02.498577; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.07.02.498577
ESR spectroscopy in liquid food and beverages.pptxPRIYANKA PATEL
With increasing population, people need to rely on packaged food stuffs. Packaging of food materials requires the preservation of food. There are various methods for the treatment of food to preserve them and irradiation treatment of food is one of them. It is the most common and the most harmless method for the food preservation as it does not alter the necessary micronutrients of food materials. Although irradiated food doesn’t cause any harm to the human health but still the quality assessment of food is required to provide consumers with necessary information about the food. ESR spectroscopy is the most sophisticated way to investigate the quality of the food and the free radicals induced during the processing of the food. ESR spin trapping technique is useful for the detection of highly unstable radicals in the food. The antioxidant capability of liquid food and beverages in mainly performed by spin trapping technique.
Immersive Learning That Works: Research Grounding and Paths ForwardLeonel Morgado
We will metaverse into the essence of immersive learning, into its three dimensions and conceptual models. This approach encompasses elements from teaching methodologies to social involvement, through organizational concerns and technologies. Challenging the perception of learning as knowledge transfer, we introduce a 'Uses, Practices & Strategies' model operationalized by the 'Immersive Learning Brain' and ‘Immersion Cube’ frameworks. This approach offers a comprehensive guide through the intricacies of immersive educational experiences and spotlighting research frontiers, along the immersion dimensions of system, narrative, and agency. Our discourse extends to stakeholders beyond the academic sphere, addressing the interests of technologists, instructional designers, and policymakers. We span various contexts, from formal education to organizational transformation to the new horizon of an AI-pervasive society. This keynote aims to unite the iLRN community in a collaborative journey towards a future where immersive learning research and practice coalesce, paving the way for innovative educational research and practice landscapes.
Phenomics assisted breeding in crop improvementIshaGoswami9
As the population is increasing and will reach about 9 billion upto 2050. Also due to climate change, it is difficult to meet the food requirement of such a large population. Facing the challenges presented by resource shortages, climate
change, and increasing global population, crop yield and quality need to be improved in a sustainable way over the coming decades. Genetic improvement by breeding is the best way to increase crop productivity. With the rapid progression of functional
genomics, an increasing number of crop genomes have been sequenced and dozens of genes influencing key agronomic traits have been identified. However, current genome sequence information has not been adequately exploited for understanding
the complex characteristics of multiple gene, owing to a lack of crop phenotypic data. Efficient, automatic, and accurate technologies and platforms that can capture phenotypic data that can
be linked to genomics information for crop improvement at all growth stages have become as important as genotyping. Thus,
high-throughput phenotyping has become the major bottleneck restricting crop breeding. Plant phenomics has been defined as the high-throughput, accurate acquisition and analysis of multi-dimensional phenotypes
during crop growing stages at the organism level, including the cell, tissue, organ, individual plant, plot, and field levels. With the rapid development of novel sensors, imaging technology,
and analysis methods, numerous infrastructure platforms have been developed for phenotyping.
Unlocking the mysteries of reproduction: Exploring fecundity and gonadosomati...AbdullaAlAsif1
The pygmy halfbeak Dermogenys colletei, is known for its viviparous nature, this presents an intriguing case of relatively low fecundity, raising questions about potential compensatory reproductive strategies employed by this species. Our study delves into the examination of fecundity and the Gonadosomatic Index (GSI) in the Pygmy Halfbeak, D. colletei (Meisner, 2001), an intriguing viviparous fish indigenous to Sarawak, Borneo. We hypothesize that the Pygmy halfbeak, D. colletei, may exhibit unique reproductive adaptations to offset its low fecundity, thus enhancing its survival and fitness. To address this, we conducted a comprehensive study utilizing 28 mature female specimens of D. colletei, carefully measuring fecundity and GSI to shed light on the reproductive adaptations of this species. Our findings reveal that D. colletei indeed exhibits low fecundity, with a mean of 16.76 ± 2.01, and a mean GSI of 12.83 ± 1.27, providing crucial insights into the reproductive mechanisms at play in this species. These results underscore the existence of unique reproductive strategies in D. colletei, enabling its adaptation and persistence in Borneo's diverse aquatic ecosystems, and call for further ecological research to elucidate these mechanisms. This study lends to a better understanding of viviparous fish in Borneo and contributes to the broader field of aquatic ecology, enhancing our knowledge of species adaptations to unique ecological challenges.
When I was asked to give a companion lecture in support of ‘The Philosophy of Science’ (https://shorturl.at/4pUXz) I decided not to walk through the detail of the many methodologies in order of use. Instead, I chose to employ a long standing, and ongoing, scientific development as an exemplar. And so, I chose the ever evolving story of Thermodynamics as a scientific investigation at its best.
Conducted over a period of >200 years, Thermodynamics R&D, and application, benefitted from the highest levels of professionalism, collaboration, and technical thoroughness. New layers of application, methodology, and practice were made possible by the progressive advance of technology. In turn, this has seen measurement and modelling accuracy continually improved at a micro and macro level.
Perhaps most importantly, Thermodynamics rapidly became a primary tool in the advance of applied science/engineering/technology, spanning micro-tech, to aerospace and cosmology. I can think of no better a story to illustrate the breadth of scientific methodologies and applications at their best.
Logic of psychotic utterances (Translation by Mme Françoise Capelle-Messelier, thanks to her)
1. LOGIC OF PSYCHOTIC UTTERANCES
Jean-Jacques Pinto
Psychoanalyst, Teacher and University Lecturer
Aix-Marseille, France
(Translation by Mme Françoise Capelle-Messelier, thanks to her)
Sections of this text, first written in 1984 were included in my conference on the
psychotherapy of psychoses, but as its global approach is different, its publication is not
redundant and therefore warranted.
The approach I deliberately choose for this presentation is somewhat peculiar.
It is usually said : « there is PSYCHOSIS, NEUROSIS, PERVERSION », etc, or "THE
PSYCHOTIC, THE NEUROTIC, THE PERVERT", etc... One then quickly move on to speaking
of STRUCTURE, either putting in opposition neurotic structure and psychotic structure for
instance, or stating 'non-psychotics are structured like so and so, while psychotics are
structureless'.
This very word STRUCTURE is a METAPHOR, its etymology is that of the word
"construction", and this cannot fail to evoke a picture of a framework, or a skeleton, perhaps
prompting the fusing of these psychopathological structures with the different types of animal
species skeletons. Indeed we are in both cases dealing with a classification, with a taxonomy
concerning supposed BEINGS, no matter how nuanced and "flexible" we try to be when for
instance describing "transitional forms" or border-line states etc...
A more subtle use of the word "structure" calling on topology and on a combinatory of
symbols, requests both finer analysis and finer critics, topics I will not broach on today.
2. I would rather use the word LOGIC, derived from LOGOS, since what I am trying to
describe are utterances. This word itself is not exempt from critics... Instead of opposing so-called
PSYCHOTIC wordings to so-called NON-PSYCHOTIC utterances, I am on the contrary going to
attempt to show that they actually agree on a majority of points, and that the differences which
exist between these utterances are not those one expects, for instance when one says that the
neurotic text/fabric would be torn but repairable while the psychotic text/fabric would show a
hole, an irremediable loss of substance.
POINTS IN COMMON :
FIRST COMMON POINT :
Human body as a biological organism has the property to repeat perceptions of every
kind : it is just plain recalling. Thus any perception being repeated is a perception without object
(the very definition of hallucination !!!)
It is therefore a perception-of-every-kind-repeating-machine, among which are words ;
parental speech is also repeated in the psychotic's mind.
SECOND COMMON POINT :
Speech is a part of these perceptions which are repeated. So speech is known by the one
who will utter psychotic statements as well as by the one who will utter non-psychotic statements.
To say « the psychotic did not access symbolic order » is not justified : this could only apply to a
wolf-child or to a feral child.
This speech enters a cycle of repetition of itself, « it speaks », and it speaks «of its own »,
like one says « it is raining », "it" being impersonal : there is no author to the speaking. To be put
in relation with the "repetition compulsion" (Freud).
THIRD COMMON POINT:
In non-psychotic as well as in psychotic utterances, one finds the same bipartition, which
is as follows:
Some perceptions are acknowledged as being without current object, as repeating bygone
perceptions. These will be named MEMORIES.
President Schreber, though uttering psychotic statements, can very well name memories
some of the perceptions going through his mind. Examples to come...
3. On the contrary, some perceptions are not acknowledged as repetitions, with some possible
reshuffling. One is then going to maintain that what is being perceived here and now happens for
the first time and owes nothing to the past : the temporal dimension of repetition is going to be
disclaimed.
Such is the case for a number of utterances which spontaneously come to mind :
"creativity" is oblivion of previous experiences.
FOURTH COMMON POINT :
Another common ignorance in non-psychotic and psychotic utterances is due to the fact
that irrefutably non verbal phenomena are either summoned by the VERBAL (affects and pictures
which arise after reading or hearing a word, for example in a novel), or legible as a GRAPHIC
REBUS of something that was at FIRST VERBAL:
– the dream with its pictures is a rebus ;
– the symptom is a rebus ;
– a musical tune crossing the mind can be a rebus. See my paper "Translation and
interpretation" (in french) here :
"L'interprétation en psychanalyse : traduction, transcription ou translittération ?""
FIFTH COMMON POINT :
Neither psychotic nor non-psychotic utterances make up anything when their authors say
they are hearing something. There is no question that something is CURRENTLY perceived. The
difference between both types of utterances concerns the answer to the question « who says it,
what I hear here and now? ». See examples below
SIXTH COMMON POINT:
Looking for « who says it » implies a belief (shared by both types of utterances) in a
potential author to the speech.
Psychotic and non-psychotic utterances collude to deny that « it speaks of its own », and to
affirm that someone has to do the speaking.
"I" is then mentioned as a possible author to the utterances, "I" is the name given to an
authority which would co-ordinate and synthesize perceptions. "I" is the name of a being
endowed with freedom and willpower, who eludes any previous determination at the very
moment he speaks out, who created himself, who is the cause of each and every action attributed
to him. He therefore matches God's attributes, eternity put aside.
4. But here is one difference between psychotic and non-psychotic utterances. I am not
claiming to account here for all psychotic utterances. I am only going to talk about what goes on
in MENTAL AUTOMATISM, in which the subject says « all that I do or say, I am made to do or
say ». In this utterance, "I" is therefore assumed to exist: the subject does not say (as Lacan)
« what speaks without knowing makes me "I", subject of the verb », or elsewhere « the very fact
that I say "I" is imposed on me ». No, s/he says « "I" exists, but deprived of freedom and will to
which s/he should be entitled. The author to what I hear is not I, what causes my utterance is
EXTERNAL: ONE speaks to me ».
The non-psychotic utterance will on the contrary say « "I" exists, and is indeed the author
to what I hear being said in my head right now, the cause of my speech is INTERNAL: I speak to
myself, and doing it I demonstrate MY FREE WILL and MY INTENTION ». How to explain this
difference between psychotic and non-psychotic utterance?
Well, paradoxically with the help of another POINT COMMON to both utterances which
is THE PRONOMINAL TRANSFORMATION or more precisely THE REFLEXIVE one. It is
my hypothesis, and I will demonstrate it in another paper.
During the IDENTIFICATION stage of the child by one or several talking adults, whom
we will name SPOKESPERSONS rather than parents, whence reminding that they may not be the
progenitors, we are going to assume that any utterance of the adult with the form A * B, "*" being
a verb, undergoes in the child's mind a transformation generating the statements:
B * B
B * A
B * C .
For instance the statement made by the adult « I keep her/him » (implying ”because it gives me
complete satisfaction") becomes for the child who we will roughly qualify as obsessional:
– I keep myself safe ;
– I keep my parent or parents safe (filial piety, haunting fears to lose them) ;
– I keep every other object C (impossibility to cut ties with even apparently
valueless objects).
In the case of the child holding non-psychotic statements, what does the parent or rather
the spokesperson do?
S/he INTERPRETS at least in parts, even before the child can speak, the experience of the
child, his/her feelings, her/his supposed needs, in a kind of interpretative delirium where (s/he
imagines knowing beforehand what the other wants without him/her having to say it. One does
not need words to understand the other, it is Love.
5. The reflexive transformation of « I know him/her, I can interpret him/her» spawns « I
know myself, I can interpret myself ». The apex of which is the paranoiac utterance : « I
understand everything of my inner functioning ; of what the others want without them even
having to voice it ».
Conversely the disinterest of the spokesperson toward(s) the unloved child, like « I don’t
know what’s the matter with her/him and anyway I don’t care », could account – by a reflexive
transformation – for « I do not know what’s the matter with me nor what I am », hence the
repeated appeal, however to no avail to an outer knowledgeable authority, characteristic of the
hysterical type utterances.
In the case of psychotic utterances, we can assume the spokesperson's utterance to be like
« I do not want to know anything about her/him, just that s/he is a biological body with
perceptions. I refuse to interpret anything of what s/he feels or wants » (A DOES NOT
INTERPRET B).
The psychotic utterance will adopt the adult’s refusal at interpretation, as these utterances
by President Schreber tend to demonstrate :
« They say I'm a paranoid, and paranoid are people who relate everything to themselves.
In this case they are wrong, it's not me who refers everything to me (B DOES NOT INTERPRET
B), it is this God who speaks incessantly within me through its various agents and extensions. It is
he who has – whatever I experience – the unfortunate habit of immediately making me notice that
I am being targeted, or even that it is springing out of me. I cannot play a Magic Flute aria
without he-who-talks awarding me with the related feelings, but I myself do not have them ».
On the other hand, from the moment the child who is repeating the utterance of the adult
begins to speak, the adult will usually play the BELIEVE-THE-CHILD-IS-AUTHOR-TO-WHAT
S/HE-SAYS game. This "it is you who say it" is for the child an "it is I who say it" that will from
now on accompany the outloud at first and the then later inward repetition of the adult’s words
(case for non-psychotic utterances). By contrast the absence of that "it is you who say" in the
adult's speech could – and it is our hypothesis – lead to the absence of "this is I saying" in
psychotic utterances.
ANOTHER POINT (THE SEVENTH) COMMON to psychotic and non-psychotic
utterances will allow us to understand how the same logical sequences generate different
utterances simply because they are fed different input data. This common point is the ability to
use REASONING, to make SYLLOGISMS.
One such reasoning is: if two propositions A and B (the premises) are both validated, this
means that a third proposal C (conclusion) is also true. Two things :
– If this proposal C is known, I acknowledge and confirm its veracity.
6. – If this proposal C is unknown, I invent a name for it and affirm its truth, possibly
inviting others to experience it.
For instance in the first case:
– A photographic emulsion is being impressed
– There is light in the room
– Therefore the light has the property to impress a photographic film. I had
heard it be said, and I can confirm it.
In the second case (discovery of the X-rays):
– The film is impressed
– There is no visible light
– Thus, incredible but true, there is an invisible radiation that I baptize X-
rays, and invite others to repeat the experience.
Let’s apply these arguments or syllogisms to psychotic and non-psychotic statements.
Concerning non-psychotic statements, three situations may arise:
1) – I hear here and now, no doubt whatsoever about this perception
– I had this perception before, I know it is a repeat
– So I call it MEMORY.
2) – I hear here and now. It's a perception I deny is repeating itself
(ignorance/misknowledge as mentioned above)
– Something tells me "it is you who say it"
– Thus this is I talking, I talk inside to myself.
3) – I hear here and now, and I deny that this perception is a repeat
– Nothing says to me "it is you who say it"
– Therefore it’s someone else speaking.
– Is there anyone here?
7. – Yes, s/he moves her lips, so it is s/he who speaks
– No, s/he did not move her/his lips, so either s/he's a ventriloquist, or I left
the radio on, or I’ll go see a doctor (temporal lobe epilepsy is a possibility...).
Concerning the mental automatism type of psychotic utterance :
– I hear here and now, there's no doubt, and this is not an old perception
repeating, it is not a memory
– Nothing says it is I speaking
– Therefore it’s someone else speaking.
First instance : I see my contact in front of me, but she does not move her lips. And
besides, other people present in this room do not seem to hear what I am hearing. This
demonstrates that one can talk without moving one’s lips. Therefore telepathy exists (see the
account below, where my psychiatrist colleague who had stayed silent during a face-to-face
consultation is told by her schizophrenic patient: «You have to tell me these things with your
lips”).
Second instance: no one is here. Therefore the author of the utterance is either a human
who can do remote voicing (possibly with devices such as a radio transmitter) or, unbelievable
but true!, it is entities I heard of with disbelief: God or the devil, witches or wizards, aliens, and
so on... The experience gives me proof of their existence.
Thus Schreber illustrates with examples owing to the technique of his time that he could
hear alien words others did not hear (see Memoirs of My Nervous Illness, p. 254).
Let’s consider now the case of a statement void of psychotic mental automatism, but
containing verbal hallucinations.
Lacan* relates the case of a woman who comes across a neighbor in the hallway of their
block of flats. She said to him, "I come from the butcher" (french “charcutier”). She then hears
the neighbor say to her "sow" on an insulting tone.
This woman acknowledges that her utterance is NON-METAPHORICAL, it describes the
action as it was just performed.
Conversely, the utterance that she hears coming out of her neighbor’s mouth is
METAPHORICAL.
*Lacan, in “On a question prior to any possible treatment of psychosis” (Écrits, 1966) :
8. « It was the daughter who, during my examination, presented me—as proof of the insults
to which she and her mother were subjected by their neighbors—a fact concerning the boyfriend
of their female neighbor who was supposedly harassing them with her onslaughts, after they had
had to break off an intimate friendship with her that was at first kindly received. This man—who
was thus an indirect party to the situation and, moreover, a rather secondary figure in the
patient's allegations—had, according to her, flung at her the offensive term "Sow!" as he passed
her in the hallway of their apartment building.
On hearing this, and being hardly inclined to see in it a retort to "Pig!" that would be too
easy to extrapolate in the name of a projection which in such cases is never anything more than
the psychiatrist's own projection, I asked her straight out what in herself had been proffered the
moment before. Not in vain, for she conceded with a smile that, upon seeing the man, she had
murmured the following words which, if she is to be believed here, gave no cause for offense:
"I've just been to the pork butcher's ... "
At whom were these words aimed? She was hard pressed to say, giving me the right to help
her. For their literal meaning, we cannot neglect the fact, among others, that the patient had
suddenly taken leave of her husband and her in-laws—and thus given a marriage her mother
disapproved of a conclusion that had not changed in the interim—due to the conviction she had
formed that these country bumpkins were planning nothing less, in order to finish off this good-
for-nothing city girl, than to carve her up piece by piece.
(...) This is how the discourse managed to realize its rejecting intention in the
hallucination. In the locus where the unspeakable object was rejected into the real, a word made
itself heard because, in coming to the place of what has no name, it was unable to follow the
subject's intention without detaching itself from it by the dash that introduces the reply —
opposing its disparaging antistrophe to the grumbling of the strophe that was thus restored to the
patient with the index of the I. (…) »
What assumption can we make about the genesis of such utterance?
The adult A talked in such manner about the child B: "I am willing to talk in a descriptive
manner about this child, to comment on her/his actions, BUT I will not talk about her/him
metaphorically".
Indeed to ‘metaphorize’ is to fantasy, it is to revel in the existence of this child thru the use
of words. "For example I would never tell her/him ‘my little bunny, my little PIGLET, I’m going
to eat you’" ("oral" metaphor which bears witness to a "devouring" love and accounts thru
reflexive transformation for the fear of unloved children to "be gobbled up" or "to be stewed"
(french) : "hysterical" speech)
The reflexive transformation of the above statement triggers generates in B's mind "I talk
about myself non-metaphorically. No metaphorical statement will ever be uttered by me. If a
metaphor is heard, then it is not I who says it, it is the other."
9. So the reasoning is as follows:
– The sentence "I have just been to the butcher" is heard by me.
– It is I who speaks to myself and this comment (non-metaphorical statement) can
be shared with another and so I can tell the man in the hallway "I have just been to the butcher”,
knowing that this is I speaking.
– Now a word is heard: "sow" (what we find at the butcher).
(It should be noted here that this lady had divorced a husband who wanted to skin
and slice her like salami. She therefore could refer metaphorically to herself as something hailing
from the butcher).
– But, she thinks, this word is a metaphorical statement, and no metaphor about me
could be uttered by me.
– Therefore it is the other, the man in the corridor, who says it : he is insulting me.
CONCLUSION
There is still much to be said about, for example non-verbal hallucinations, or how to apply the
foregoing reflexions to the "psychotherapy of the psychotics"...
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