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9781845190705

Psychoanalysis of Science The Role of Metaphor, Paraprax, Lacunae and Myth

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    9781845190705

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  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2005-05-01
  • Publisher: Liverpool University Press

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Summary

By systematically deconstructing and analysing scientific texts for irrational unconscious motivations, new scientific associations can be produced. Four categories are suggested as guidelines for the analysis of science: metaphors, scientific parapraxes, lacunae, and scientific myths. The most important are the conceptual lacunae, for they constitute an integral part of the scientific construction. Three types of lacunae are discussed, each deriving from a different hidden motive: (1) The blurring of a scientific problem in order to preserve the intactness of a theory (the post-traumatic dream); (2) The epistemological double split which reflects the discrepancy between what we wish to see and what we actually see; and (3) The difficulty of dealing with phenomena that evoke deep, primary fears (phantasies about the inside of the body). Examples from various disciplines are discussed in order to show that unconscious elements in science are a universal phenomenon. The function of scientific myths is explained. And the hypothesis is tested on psychoanalysis itself, in this way providing a full explanation of how and why blind spots block scientific creativity.

Author Biography

Yehoyakim Stein is a teaching analyst and research fellow of the Freud Center, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem.

Table of Contents

Why a psychoanalysis of science?p. 3
Lacunae in the development of sciencep. 19
Psychoanalytic historiographyp. 27
The inside of the bodyp. 39
Incest and menstruation taboosp. 55
The deductive birth of Thanatos theoryp. 65
How Logos arose mythologically from Mythosp. 87
The dictatorship of the Logosp. 99
The psychoanalysis of epistemologyp. 104
Complementarity in psychoanalysisp. 112
Countertransference as a lacuna in psychoanalysisp. 121
Private theories in sciencep. 133
Leaps versus gradual developmentp. 136
Epilogue : scientific creativity in the shadowsp. 149
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