The foundation of psychoanalysis and the deformation’s epistemology

Authors

  • Tiago Iwasawa Neves Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v14i1.14579

Keywords:

psychoanalysis, deformation’s epistemology, Freud, Bachelard

Abstract

Palavras-chave: psicanálise; epistemologia da deformação; Freud; Bachelard.

In this article we approach Gaston Bachelard’s historical epistemology to demonstrate that psychoanalysis maintains a relation of logical compatibility with science. This epistemology affirms that the modern scientific activity brings the fundamental effect of the disjunction between different fields. Psychoanalysis and modern scientific activity are compatible because they are based on the same principle: the deformation of the concepts they deal with. According to Bachelard, a deformation work is necessary for the initial notions and hypotheses to become concepts. Only concepts produced in accordance with this work can be considered compatible with the logic proposed by modern scientific activity. As such, we take as a starting point the concept of deformation to approach the initial period of Freud’s work – the foundation years of the psychoanalysis – aiming to demonstrate that the concept of the unconscious required deformation work to emerge.

 

Keywords: psychoanalysis; deformation’s epistemology; Freud; Bachelard.

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Published

2010-11-04

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Neves, T. I. (2010). The foundation of psychoanalysis and the deformation’s epistemology. Interação Em Psicologia, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v14i1.14579

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Vol. 14 No. 1 (2010)

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