A Modal Interpretation of Quantum Spins and Its Application to Freudian Theory [PDF]
In the present paper, we aim to develop a formal quantum logic theory of the interplay between conscious and unconscious processes of the human mind, a goal that has already been envisaged in quantum cognition; in doing so, we will show how the interplay
Giulia Battilotti +2 more
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Infinite Singletons and the Logic of Freudian Theory [PDF]
The aim of this paper is to advance a formal description of the implicit logic grounding of the psychoanalytic theory. We therefore propose a new interpretation of the logical features of the Freudian unconscious process, starting from the Bi-logic ...
Rosapia Lauro Grotto +2 more
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Reading the Freudian theory of sexual drives from a functional neuroimaging perspective [PDF]
One of the essential tasks of neuropsychoanalysis is to investigate the neural correlates of sexual drives. Here, we consider the four defining characteristics of sexual drives as delineated by Freud: their pressure, aim, object, and source.
Serge eStoléru, Serge eStoléru
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Updated Freudian drive theory: childhood trauma, epigenetics, serotonin and beta endorphin [PDF]
Sigmund Freud developed Drive Theory from clinical observations and proposed that a limited set of basic drives, including hunger, thirst, sleep, sexuality, and attachment, contributes to psychological stability.
Michael Kirsch
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Psychoanalytic Theories Do Not Support a Unidimensional View of Personality Functioning. [PDF]
ABSTRACT Contemporary researchers tend to invoke psychoanalytic theories to support the view of personality functioning as a “unitary capacity” involving “psychological maturity.” In this piece, I argue against this false equivalence by raising three points.
Zavlis O.
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Personality Functioning Cannot Only Be One Thing: A Call for Theoretical Pluralism. [PDF]
ABSTRACT Since its origins in recent diagnostic perspectives, the concept of personality functioning has been exclusively defined as a general factor of personality (pathology). Researchers have justified this definition by appealing to descriptive empirical findings (e.g., positive correlations among various personality disorder indicators) or ...
Zavlis O.
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The unconscious and the transcendental: Husserlian phenomenology in intersubjective systems theory [PDF]
The relational turn in psychoanalysis can be identified by the replacement of Freudian drives for intersubjectivity as main regulative principle. “Intersubjective systems theory” is the name of one strand within the relational turn that explicitly ...
Rozemund Uljée
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The Reflection of the Jaheli Saa`lik poems in Ali Fode`s poetry: An analysis based on Freud’s purposeful association mechanism [PDF]
Introduction: Recognizing the nature of human being with the aim of discovering the fundamental motives of human behavior and in the pursuit of human nature has been center of attention of researchers in various scientific fields such as psychology ...
Fatemeh Jamshidi +2 more
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Give me five! A modern perspective on addiction from the up-dated Freudian drive theory. [PDF]
Kirsch M.
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The current paper aims to provide the venue to the spiritual insights of Ghazalian thought to be integrated into the study of Freudian psychoanalysis. The study has adopted descriptive and analytical approach to make a comparative analysis of Ghazalian ...
Sabeen Akber, Shumaila Mazhar
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