Keywords: artificial intelligence, mental apparatus, metapsychology, mind-brain relation, psychoanalysis and science, scientific psychology{"id":4588,"date":"2023-06-23T09:36:09","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T07:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scuoladipsicanalisifreudiana.it\/?p=4588"},"modified":"2023-07-08T15:26:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-08T13:26:02","slug":"understanding-metapsychology-with-the-computer-paradigm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scuoladipsicanalisifreudiana.it\/en\/understanding-metapsychology-with-the-computer-paradigm\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding metapsychology with the computer paradigm"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_section full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1563899907460{background-color: #000000 !important;}”][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”273″ img_size=”large” css=”.vc_custom_1563985509832{padding-top: 20px !important;}”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section el_id=”abstractContent”][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Understanding metapsychology with the computer paradigm” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23e94e1b” google_fonts=”font_family:Roboto%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal”][vc_custom_heading text=”pp. 137-164″ font_container=”tag:p|font_size:25px|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ google_fonts=”font_family:Roboto%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal”][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Volker Hartmann Cardelle, Dietmar Dietrich” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:25px|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ google_fonts=”font_family:Roboto%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal”][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text]In this article we want to assail the task of providing an answer to the much-disputed question whether psychoanalysis is, as Freud claimed, a natural science or not. We want to argue in favour of Freud\u2019s view, but at the same time break out of the polarization that emerged around the assumption that the only way to develop a natural scientific approach to the human mind is the neuroscientific approach. We will do so by explaining the basis of our understanding of metapsychology: the computer paradigm and why it is not only a valid natural scientific paradigm but also in line with Freud\u2019s thinking. Based on this paradigm we shall provide an explanation of how we interpret the concept of the mental apparatus and why it is that metapsychology is the only psychological theory that allows for experimental testing and refinement. We will illustrate our understanding of metapsychology by providing an interpretation of Freud\u2019s Project for a Scientific Psychology that tries to overcome the usual polarization in the discussions of this text. The core thesis of this interpretation is that the Project cannot be seen as a metapsychological text.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Find it on Mimesis Journals<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]How to cite (Chicago style citation):<\/p>\n

Cardelle, Volker Hartmann, Dietrich, Dietmar, \u201cUnderstanding metapsychology with the computer paradigm\u201d, Metapsychologica – Rivista di psicanalisi freudiana, <\/em>no.1 (2022), pp. 137-164[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text]Back to the index<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In this article we want to assail the task of providing an answer to the much-disputed question whether psychoanalysis is, as Freud claimed, a natural science or not. We want to argue in favour of Freud\u2019s view, but at the same time…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[512,477],"tags":[517,513,88,515,514,516],"class_list":["post-4588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-documents-and-debates","category-metapsychology-of-treatment","tag-artificial-intelligence-en","tag-mental-apparatus-en","tag-metapsychology","tag-mind-brain-relation-en","tag-psychoanalysis-and-science-en","tag-scientific-psychology-en"],"yoast_head":"\n