| The Psychoanalytic Mind: From Freud to Philosophy Revised Edition Contributor(s): Cavell, Marcia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0674720962 ISBN-13: 9780674720961 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $48.51 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1996 Annotation: Cavell elaborates the view, traceable from Wittgenstein to Davidson, that there is no thought, and thus no meaning, without language, and shows how this concurs with psychoanalytic theory and practice. Cavell's argument takes up several issues of continuing interest to both philosophers and psychoanalysts, including the explanation of action, especially irrational action, the concept of subjectivity, the minds of children, the genealogy of morals, and narration in "life stories." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Mind & Body - Psychology | Movements - Psychoanalysis |
| Dewey: B |
| Lexile Measure: 1310 |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 6.06" W x 9.14" (0.89 lbs) 290 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Cavell elaborates the view, traceable from Wittgenstein to Davidson, that there is no thought, and thus no meaning, without language, and shows how this concurs with psychoanalytic theory and practice. Cavell's argument takes up several issues of continuing interest to both philosophers and psychoanalysts, including the explanation of action, especially irrational action, the concept of subjectivity, the minds of children, the genealogy of morals, and narration in life stories. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cavell, Marcia: - Marcia Cavell is Visiting Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley, and an Academic Associate of the American Psychoanalytic Association. |