Cognitive Science and Psychoanalysis

by Colby; Kenneth Mark

• ISBN13: 9780805801774
• ISBN10: 0805801774
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1988-07-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

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."

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Science and Cognitive Inquiry	p. 9
Preliminaries	p. 15
Merits and Shortcomings Of Psychoanalysis	p. 25
Our Science: No Reportable Data	p. 41
Our Science Data on the Absence of Data	p. 47
Our-Science The Observing-Instrument	p. 77
Our-Science The Tests Analysts Offer	p. 93
Folk Psychology	p. 109
Homunctionalism	p. 115
Homunculosis	p. 123
Computational Psychology	p. 129
Deflections	p. 141
Conclusions	p. 153
References	p. 155
Author Index	p. 163
Subject Index	p. 167
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