In this volume, Brakel raises questions about conventions in the study of mind in three disciplines-psychoanalysis, philosophy of mind, and experimental philosophy. She illuminates new understandings of the mind through interdisciplinary challenges to views long-accepted.

Autorentext

Linda A.W. Brakel is Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan Medical School and Faculty Research Associate in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Michigan as well as Faculty Member of the Michigan Psychoanalytic Association.

Inhalt

Part I: Introduction 1.Introduction Part II: Biological Psychology 2. Extinction Phenomena: A Biologic Perspective on How and Why Psychoanalysis Works Part III: Psychological Biology 3. The Ontology of Psychology Part IV: Uses and Abuses of Consistency 4. The Uses and Abuses of Consistency in Thought Experiments, Empirical Research, Experimental Philosophy, and Psychoanalysis Part V: Conclusion 5. Summary and Conclusions