Cognitive Science and Psychoanalysis - Softcover

Colby, Kenneth Mark

 
9781138970069: Cognitive Science and Psychoanalysis
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1138970069 ISBN 13: 9781138970069
Publisher: Routledge, 2016

Synopsis

Exploring the connections between cognitive science and psychoanalysis, the authors indicate that a potentially fruitful relationship can exist between the two fields. The book examines this relationship, concluding that psychoanalysis can contribute to a science of the mind when it flows into a more effective science and technology such as cognitive science.

As viewed by the authors, cognitive science is "a new, lively field, full of novel concepts and methods about the mind." This is sharply contrasted with their opinion of psychoanalysis as a discipline which must change and consider such important problems in the study of the mind such as fantasies and feelings.

Colby and Stoller do not specify how psychoanalysis must evolve, but they do make suggestions for future research. They believe that they are "exercising the prerogative of tribal elders, pass(ing) the task along to the next generation."

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Kenneth Mark Colby

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138970069
ISBN 13 
9781138970069
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
176

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