Cognitive science and psychoanalysis

Cognitive science and psychoanalysis

by Colby, Kenneth Mark

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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 sharpl…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Cognitive science and psychoanalysis / Kenneth Mark Colby, Robert J. Stoller.

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 cons.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:1988.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):L. Erlbaum Associates
  • Place of Publication:Hillsdale, N.J
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:1988.

Notes

Includes indexes.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (vi, 170 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781317844426, 1317844424
  • oclc:ocn865579052
  • LC Classification:RC506
  • Dewey Decimal:616.89/17

Table of Contents

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 SCIENCE AND COGNITIVE INQUIRY; 3 PRELIMINARIES; 4 MERITS AND SHORTCOMINGS OF PSYCHOANALYSIS; 5 OUR-SCIENCE: NO REPORTABLE DATA; 6 OUR-SCIENCE: DATA ON THE ABSENCE OF DATA; 7 OUR-SCIENCE: THE OBSERVING-INSTRUMENT; 8 OUR-SCIENCE: THE TESTS ANALYSTS OFFER; 9 FOLK PSYCHOLOGY; 10 HOMUNCTIONALISM; 11 HOMUNCULOSIS; 12 COMPUTATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY; 13 DEFLECTIONS; 14 CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; AUTHOR INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX.

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