On the construction of thinking

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8971089
AutoresJosé Renato Avzaradel (Rua Gen. Venâncio Flores 305, 705 LeblonRio de Janeiro, RJBrazil, autor de correspondencia)
Año2011
Volumen92
Número4
Páginas833-858
Fecha de publicación2011-06-03
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe International Journal of Psychoanalysis (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0020-7578 • E-ISSN: 1745-8315
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1745-8315.2011.00391.x
PMID21843238
OpenAlexW2128875698
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas10

In this study the author attempts to widen our understanding of language and thought construction by using Chinese ideograms as a model. This allows us to understand how concrete internal objects can coalesce to form abstract internal objects, e.g. concepts, ideas, symbols, and metaphors. One can establish a pictorial language that antedates verbal language. This is the case in the dream work that we routinely study. Thus, this study delves into the physiology of the alpha function. To this end the author not only relies on psychoanalytic concepts but also on concepts from philosophy and from language itself. The author presents the ideograms not only for discussion but also for their visual impact. If we really want to understand pictorial images, they must be seen and not just discussed from a theoretical point of view. Based on this understanding the author advances a proposal for the technique used in treating patients who cannot establish mental representations for their affect. And the technical proposal is illustrated in two clinical cases

Affect (linguistics · Cognitive science · Dream · Epistemology · Function (biology · Point (geometry · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Psychotherapist · Communication · Computer Science · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Representations and Identity