R Michels
Biographic Data
| ID | 25849 |
|---|---|
| NAME | R Michels |
| GIVEN NAMES | R |
| FAMILY NAME | Michels |
| SIGNATURE | MICHELS R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cornell University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4982-7239 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 101 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 830 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 101 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1930 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Are All Laws of Nature Created Equal? Meta-laws Versus More Necessary Laws
Two approaches to elevating certain laws of nature over others have come to prominence recently. On the one hand, according to the meta-laws approach, there are meta-laws, laws which relate to laws as those laws relate to particular facts. On the other hand, according to the modal , or non-absolutist , approach, some laws are necessary in a stricter sense than others. Both approaches play an important role in current research, questioning the ‘or…
Humansplaining
Graded qualities
The idea that qualities can be had partly or to an intermediate degree is controversial among contemporary metaphysicians, but also has a considerable pedigree among philosophers and scientists. In this paper, we first aim to show that metaphysical sense can be made of this idea by proposing a partial taxonomy of metaphysical accounts of graded qualities, focusing on three particular approaches: one which explicates having a quality to a degree i…
Laws of nature as results of a trade-off—Rethinking the Humean trade-off conception
According to the standard Humean account of laws of nature, laws are selected as a result of an optimal trade-off between the scientific virtues of simplicity and strength. Roberts and Woodward have objected that such trade-offs play no role in how laws are chosen in science. We first discuss an example from automated scientific discovery which provides support for Roberts and Woodward’s point that scientific theories are chosen based on a single…
Plural metaphysical supervaluationism
It has been argued that quantum mechanics forces us to accept the existence of metaphysical, mind-independent indeterminacy. In this paper, we provide an interpretation of the indeterminacy involved in the quantum phenomena in terms of a view that we call Plural Metaphysical Supervaluationism. According to it, quantum indeterminacy is captured in terms of an irreducibly plural relation between the actual world and various misrepresentations of it
Pelagianismus – eine konstruierte Häresie
Obituary
The strong arm of the law
A common feature of all standard theories of the laws of nature is that they are ‘absolutist’: They take laws to be either all metaphysically necessary or all contingent. Science, however, gives us reason to think that there are laws of both kinds, suggesting that standard theories should make way for ‘non-absolutist’ alternatives: theories which accommodate laws of both modal statuses. In this paper, we set out three explanatory challenges for a…
Farewell and Welcome
A decade ago, Jay Greenberg introduced himself as the new Editor of The Quarterly by pointing out the central role of conversation in psychoanalysis. The clinical psychoanalytic process is based up
The Formalization of Arguments
The purpose of this introduction is to give a rough overview of the discussion of the formalization of arguments, focusing on deductive arguments. The discussion is structured around four important junctions: i) the notion of support, which captures the relation between the conclusion and premises of an argument, ii) the choice of a formal language into which the argument is translated in order to make it amenable to evaluation via formal methods…
The Psychoanalytic Quarterly Board of Directors Appoints new Editor-in-Chief
"The Psychoanalytic Quarterly Board of Directors Appoints new Editor-in-Chief." The Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 89(3), p. 367
The Iron Law of Oligarchy
The practical ideal of democracy consists in the self-government of the masses in conformity with the decision of popular assemblies. The sovereign masses are altogether incapable of undertaking the most necessary resolutions. The impotence of direct democracy, like the power of indirect democracy, is a direct outcome of the influence of number. The mass is sincerely grateful to its leaders, regarding gratitude as a sacred duty. As a rule, the se…
Roy Schafer, Ph.D. 1922 – 2018
An Analytic Journey
This book is a journey through almost forty years of practice. Each chapter is independent of the others and develops around a specific theme: psychoanalysis in France, the transference, fathers today, psychic bisexuality, the sick body, human destructivity, and so on. The underlying thread is none the less the question of knowing how the drive operates between the biological body and mental functioning consisting of representations and affects, …
Leadership in Democratic Organizations
Attempts to Restrict the Influence of the Leaders
The Exercise of Power and Its Psychological Reaction upon the Leaders
Synthesis
Autocratic Tendencies of Leaders
Social Analysis of Leadership
Thinking as an act of the flesh (2014)
Labor Leaders of Proletarian Origin
The central feature of the syndicalist theory is found in the demand for direct action on the part of the trade union, enfranchised from the tutelage of socialist leaders predominantly bourgeois in origin, the union being self-sufficient and responsible to it alone. The syndicalist leaders are to be, both in the intellectual and moral sense, chosen manual workers. The leader of working-class origin is regarded as the Messiah who will cure all the…
Democratic Aristocracy and Aristocratic Democracy
At the antipodes of the monarchical principle, in theory, stands democracy, denying the right of one over others. The life of political parties, whether these are concerned chiefly with national or with local politics, necessarily exhibit an even stronger tendency towards democracy than that which is manifested by the state. Democracy must be eliminated by the democratic way of the popular will. The democratic method is the sole one practicable b…
C. Intellectual Factors
The deserters from the bourgeoisie become leaders of the proletariat, not in spite of, but because of, that superiority of formal instruction which they have acquired in the camp of the enemy and have brought with them thence. The provisional must then give place to the permanent, and dilettantism must yield to professionalism. In the infancy of the socialist party, when the organization is still weak, and when its principal aim is to diffuse a k…
The Struggle Among the Leaders Themselves
The thesis of the unlimited power of the leaders in democratic parties requires a certain limitation. Theoretically the leader is bound by the will of the mass, which has only to give a sign and the leader is forced to withdraw. The submission of the old leaders is ostensibly an act of homage to the crowd, but in intention it is a means of prophylaxis against the peril by which they are threatened—the formation of a new elite. The semblance of ob…
The International Journal of Psychoanalysis
The International Journal of Psychoanalysis." The International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 88(6), pp. 1–2
Political Parties
The principle of self-government through political parties, the cornerstone of democracy, has come to be regarded as a solution to the problem of nationality. This is because the principle of nationality entails the acceptance of the idea of popular government. The importance of the principle of nationality is undeniable, and most of the national questions of Western Europe might be solved in accordance with this principle. Matters are complicate…
A reassessment of psychoanalytic education
To understand the many controversies surrounding psychoanalytic education, it is necessary first to understand the unique role played by education in our field where control of educational structures remains the most important measure of professional success for the majority of psychoanalysts. To keep debate about educational policy focused on the task of strengthening the intellectual basis of psychoanalysis, it is also necessary to understand t…
The Case History
Case histories report the basic data of psychoanalysis, and yet they are strikingly infrequent in the psychoanalytic literature. This reflects not only the methodological problems in describing psychoanalytic cases, but also the complex intentions of psychoanalysts who want both to present and to conceal aspects of their work. The history of the case history is discussed, as are the nature and purpose of case reports, the differences between oral…
The Future of Psychoanalysis
(1988). The Future of Psychoanalysis. The Psychoanalytic Quarterly: Vol. 57, No. 1, pp. 1-14
Introduction to Panel
Thoughts on the Present and Future of Psychoanalytic Education
This paper originated in a series of dialogues between the authors over a period of approximately one year, focused on present problems (and possible solutions) in psychoanalytic education, internationally but particularly in the U.S. Both authors have been involved in psychoanalytic education and governance over many years and share a concern with where psychoanalysis presently stands and where it is going. They share the experience of being par…
The relationship between psychoanalysis and schizophrenia by Richard Lucas‐A commentary
Psychoanalysis provides a framework for understanding human experience, which can be of great value to persons suffering from psychiatric disorders, and to their caretakers. There are also, of course, other useful frameworks. In past years, some have inferred that the value of psychoanalysis with these patients implies that it helps us to understand the aetiology of their disorders, that it may offer a ‘cure’, or that it has some special relevanc…
Oedipus and Insight
Insight is a core concept in psychoanalytic theory. The Oedipus myth has been a central metaphor in the evolution of psychoanalytic theory, particularly the psychoanalytic theory of development. Similarly, Sophocles' drama, its relation to the myth, and its repeated reinterpretation throughout the ages provide a valuable metaphor for our understanding of the role of insight in psychoanalysis and in development. We may have underestimated the impo…
The Relationship of Models of the Mind to Clinical Work
Perspectives on the Nature of Psychic Reality
Political Parties
Psychoanalysis and the academic world
The Several Relationships of Theory and Practice
Student Dissent
Umschichtungen in den herrschenden Klassen nach dem Kriege
The Status of Sociology in Italy
Journal Article The Status of Sociology in Italy Get access Robert Michels, Robert Michels Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Mildred Hartsough Mildred Hartsough Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Forces, Volume 9, Issue 1, October 1930, Pages 20–39, https://doi.org/10.2307/2570079 Published: 01 October 1930
XII. Zur Soziologie der Bohème und ihrer Zusammenhänge mit dem geistigen Proletariat
Article XII. Zur Soziologie der Bohème und ihrer Zusammenhänge mit dem geistigen Proletariat was published on February 1, 1932 in the journal Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik (volume 136, issue 1)
The Teaching of Political Science in Italy
Umschichtungen in den herrschenden Klassen nach dem Kriege
Political Parties
Student Dissent
Physical Manipulation of the Brain
Henry K. Beecher, Edgar A. Bering, Jr., Donald T. Chalkley, José M. R. Delgado, Vernon H. Mark, Karl H. Pribram, Gardner C. Quarton, Theodore B. Rasmussen, William Beecher Scoville, William H. Sweet, Daniel Callahan, K. Danner Clouser, Harold Edgar, Rudolph Ehrensing, James R. Gavin, III, Willard Gaylin, Bruce Hilton, Perry London, Robert Michels, Robert Neville, Ann Orlov, Herbert G. Vaughan, Jr., Paul Weiss, Physical Manipulation of the Brain, …
Ethical Issues of Psychological and Psychotherapeutic Means of Behavior Control
n sharp contrast to psychosurgery and, to a lesser degree, to scientific psychopharmacology, psychological and psychotherapeutic methods of behavior control are an ancient phenomenon. They have been described, studied, understood (and misunderstood) since man has thought about his world. We are not, in my opinion, here faced with explosions of new knowledge or new techniques of applying that knowledge. Nevertheless, our understanding of behavior …
Case Studies in Bioethics
The Psychiatric Interview in Clinical Practice
One of the major breakthroughs in the treatment of cardiovascular disease has been the introduction of fibrinolytic therapy. Better knowledge of the pathogenesis of acute ischemic syndromes has identified acute thrombosis as the triggering event in most cases. Thrombosis of large and small arteries may have catastrophic consequences as sudden death, myocardial infarction, ischemic stroke, pulmonary embolism and acute limb necrosis. Fibrinolytic t…
Special Supplement
Daniel Callahan, Leslie Dach, Harold Edgar, Willard Gaylin, Gerald Klerman, Ruth Macklin, Robert Michels, Robert C. Neville, David Rothman, Margaret Steinfels, Judith P. Swazey, George J. Annas, Larry Brown, Albert DiMascio, Daniel X. Freedman, George Hein, Hubert Jones, Melvin H. King, Ronald Lipman, Sheila Rothman, Robert L. Sprague, Special Supplement: MBD, Drug Research and the Schools, The Hastings Center Report, Vol. 6, No. 3 (Jun., 1976), …
Case Studies in Bioethics
Special Supplement
Sexual Excitement . Robert J. Stoller
Psychoanalysis And Behavior Therapy
Beyond Interpretation
The Use - and Misuse-Of Psychiatric Consults
Introduction to Panel
Perspectives on the Nature of Psychic Reality
How Psychoanalysis Changes
Oedipus and Insight
Insight is a core concept in psychoanalytic theory. The Oedipus myth has been a central metaphor in the evolution of psychoanalytic theory, particularly the psychoanalytic theory of development. Similarly, Sophocles' drama, its relation to the myth, and its repeated reinterpretation throughout the ages provide a valuable metaphor for our understanding of the role of insight in psychoanalysis and in development. We may have underestimated the impo…
Book Rivew
The Future of Psychoanalysis
(1988). The Future of Psychoanalysis. The Psychoanalytic Quarterly: Vol. 57, No. 1, pp. 1-14
The Relationship of Models of the Mind to Clinical Work
Freud or Reich? Psychoanalysis and Illusion
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