Unconscious knowing and other essays in psycho-philosophical analysis
Brakel, Linda
In 'Unconscious knowing and other essays in psycho-philosophical analysis', Linda Brakel tackles a range of fascinating and puzzling phenomena that lie at the border between psychoanalysis and philosophy of mind. These include - unconscious knowing, vagueness, agency, the placebo effect, and even explanation itself. INDICE: Part I Introduction; 1: Introduction; Part II: Unconscious knowledge /epistemology, philosophy of mind; 2: Unconscious knowing: psychoanalytic evidence in support of a radical epistemic view; Part III: Vagueness and a-rationality/epistemology, philosophy of mind, metaphysics; 3: The limits of rationality: vagueness, a case study; Part IV: Agency/ philosophy of action; 4: Agency: 'me'--ness in action; Part V: The placebo effect. psychoanalysis; 5: The placebo effect: psychoanalytic theory can help explain the phenomenon; Part VI: Explanations. philosophy of science; 6: Explanations and conclusions
- ISBN: 978-0-19-958147-4
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 192
- Fecha Publicación: 17/06/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés