RHETOR 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Mental Substance, Apperception, Dream Argument
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Freud background in neurology not use the word unconscious . His drawings visualize unconscious processes localize brain activity. Assumption: unconscious is inaccessible only deal with material representations (ex. After waking up from a dream, we remember the dream but cannot directly access the dream, only have recollections constitutive exteriorities ) Psychoanalysis / philosophy / use of ucs in everyday life: words can take on different meanings in different contexts/ times (adding time further makes it complex since meanings of word change over time, semantic fields can overlap. Ellenberger: ucs in dp, ucs performed in different cultures and scientific practices (cultures can change and add meaning) Couch in pa: freud asks patients to lie on couch to associate freely, uses in different cultures. Ontology: study of what is reality existence: does ucs exist: ex. Ellenberger: assumes that ucs exists, introduces historical perspective (historical and ontological)
