Leonardo Niro
Biographic Data
| ID | 4055256 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Leonardo Niro |
| GIVEN NAMES | Leonardo |
| FAMILY NAME | Niro |
| SIGNATURE | NIRO L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Essex |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2371-0318 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Energetics of the mind and the Parallelismusstreit
Freedom within parameters
This article explores the relations between politics, science, and personal life in turn-of-the-century Vienna by comparing the psychological work of physiologist Sigmund Exner and his student, Sigmund Freud. Particular attention is given to assessing the role they assigned to instincts as the universal foundation of subjectivity. As will be argued, Exner and Freud brought the concept of instinct as a solution to the sceptical threat still presen…
The conservation of nervous energy
Social Evolution, Progress and Teleology in Spencer's Synthetic Philosophy and Freudian Psychoanalysis
This article compares notions of progress and evolution in the social theories of Freud and Herbert Spencer, thus revising Freudian social theory and relocating it within a social-evolutionist tradition. It first argues that the two authors held similarly complex theories that contained mixed elements of positivism and teleology –in its positivist aspects, both authors made use of unified natural laws and, in its teleological aspects, they unders…
Social Evolution, Progress and Teleology in Spencer's Synthetic Philosophy and Freudian Psychoanalysis
This article compares notions of progress and evolution in the social theories of Freud and Herbert Spencer, thus revising Freudian social theory and relocating it within a social-evolutionist tradition. It first argues that the two authors held similarly complex theories that contained mixed elements of positivism and teleology –in its positivist aspects, both authors made use of unified natural laws and, in its teleological aspects, they unders…
The conservation of nervous energy
Freedom within parameters
This article explores the relations between politics, science, and personal life in turn-of-the-century Vienna by comparing the psychological work of physiologist Sigmund Exner and his student, Sigmund Freud. Particular attention is given to assessing the role they assigned to instincts as the universal foundation of subjectivity. As will be argued, Exner and Freud brought the concept of instinct as a solution to the sceptical threat still presen…
Energetics of the mind and the Parallelismusstreit
Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Philosophy, Science, and History (3 works) · Psychoanalysis (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Analogy (1 work)