The freudian rationality

NOVEMBER 2019

Summary:

Studies and researches

On crucial excerpts from Freud’s work and on Lacan’s complete misunderstanding of them

Lacan’s theory of psychosis hinges on a misunderstanding of the notion of Verwerfung, which Freud develops in the clinical cases of the Wolf Man and of President Schreber…

Clarifications on the Ego formation process in Freudian metapsychology

Freud’s notion of the subject has been misunderstood by all trends in psychoanalysis that followed his death…

A reinterpretation of Little Hans’s case

This article reconstructs the clinical history of Little Hans and sheds light on the flaws in the standard reading of the case…

Freud’s return in clinical practice: the case of countertransference

After Freud’s death and with the emergence of new theoretical trends, the notion of countertransference acquired ever-growing importance in psychoanalytic theory and practice…

From formalizing metapsychology to naturalizing mathematics

When reviewing metapsychology to assess its aptness to mathematical formalism, one encounters objects akin to the typical…

The transcendental architecture of Freud’s metapsychology (part 1)

The present work, which covers topics in the theory of knowledge, heuristics and control methods, describes Freud’s epistemological stance…

Technique and method in Freudian psychoanalysis in light of the Standard Epistemic Module

The author presents some conclusions the Standard Epistemic Module (SEM) argument lets us draw about the relationship between technique and method in psychoanalysis

The epistemic validity of Freud’s investigation method: the case of dreams

Dreams, like all mental phenomena, can be studied through psychological as well as neurophysiological lenses…

The theory of placebo in medicine and psychology versus the theory of suggestion in psychoanalysis: an epistemological assessment

Two theoretical models are here compared: the theory of placebo in medicine and psychology, and the theory of suggestion in psychoanalysis…

Documents

Letter to the School of Freudian Psychoanalysis

Stefano Testoni