The Quantum Unconscious and the Observant Consciousness
Rui Freire Lucas
June 1, 2016 DOI: 10.4236/psych.2016.76087 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper |
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| Key points | Argues that quantum physics and Bergson's philosophy are incompatible with the positivist epistemology still influential in science, and that within psychoanalysis this epistemology led to a manic denial of Jung's and Bion's later theories as part of an immobilizing schizo-paranoid allegiance to Freud's tradition. Proposes that psychoanalysis, supported by these renegade analysts, can progress to a depressive position and transmit this integrated perspective to science and society. |
Abstract
Based on the philosophy of Henri Bergson and the contemporary developments of Quantum Physics, I sought to demonstrate how these developments are incompatible with a positivist vision of reality, which is still influential in the scientific community. Specifically, in the field of Psychoanalysis, I have shown how this outdated epistemology has been responsible for a manic denial of the theories of Carl Gustav Jung and Wilfred Bion (later stage) as part of an immobilising allegiance to a schizo-paranoid functional tradition imposed by its founder. Finally, I have proposed that supported by the formulations of these renegade analysts, psychoanalysis can progress to a depressive position, eventually transmitting this integrated perspective of reality to the rest of the scientific community and postmodern society in general.