Amit Saad
Biographic Data
| ID | 5212456 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amit Saad |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amit |
| FAMILY NAME | Saad |
| SIGNATURE | SAAD A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tel Aviv Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Tel-Aviv, Israel |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8188-1150 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Oracle Position and the Unconscious Ground of Free-Will Belief
Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus explore opposing conceptions of free will and moral responsibility. The first posits that individuals sometimes possess the freedom to act otherwise, making them backward-looking morally responsible for their actions. The second argues that humans lack such freedom; thus, their behavior is theoretically predictable, rendering them only forward-looking morally responsible. This paper suggests that thes…
On the Unconscious Conception of Causation Part II
Unconscious thought, as expressed in dreams, neurotic symptoms, and myths, often involves causal reasoning. This paper examines how we unconsciously perceive causality. It posits two distinctions between unconscious and conscious conceptions of causation. First, as unconscious thinking does not rely on the temporal sequencing of events, the unconscious conception of causation is atemporal; in other words, the cause is not necessarily envisioned a…
On the Logic of the Unconscious Conception of Causation Part I
The direction of time is often defined by describing asymmetries between past and future events, referred to as “time-arrows.” Two important time-arrows are the mutability time-arrow, which specifies that the past is unalterable, while the future is not; and the causal time-arrow, which stipulates that past events may cause future events, but not vice versa. The author argues that the unconscious conception of causation expressed in both the oedi…
On the logic of unconscious objects
The aim of this paper is to distinguish between conscious and unconscious conceptions of objects. I will argue that we consciously ascribe different properties to the same object based on their coexistence in time and space. For example, the colour and flavour of an apple are ascribed to the same object as they relate to the same spatiotemporal location. However, since there is no reference to time in unconscious thinking, we cannot ascribe prope…
On the logic of the unconscious
Freud argues that the laws of classical logic do not hold true with regard to the unconscious. The aim of this paper is to provide an alternative logic that is consistent with Freud's conception of the unconscious. This aim is achieved in two steps. First, I argue that most Freudian features of the unconscious are consequences of the fact that unconscious thoughts in the Freudian sense are negationless. Then I suggest a formal logical system that…
On the logic of unconscious objects
The aim of this paper is to distinguish between conscious and unconscious conceptions of objects. I will argue that we consciously ascribe different properties to the same object based on their coexistence in time and space. For example, the colour and flavour of an apple are ascribed to the same object as they relate to the same spatiotemporal location. However, since there is no reference to time in unconscious thinking, we cannot ascribe prope…
On the logic of the unconscious
Freud argues that the laws of classical logic do not hold true with regard to the unconscious. The aim of this paper is to provide an alternative logic that is consistent with Freud's conception of the unconscious. This aim is achieved in two steps. First, I argue that most Freudian features of the unconscious are consequences of the fact that unconscious thoughts in the Freudian sense are negationless. Then I suggest a formal logical system that…
On the Logic of the Unconscious Conception of Causation Part I
The direction of time is often defined by describing asymmetries between past and future events, referred to as “time-arrows.” Two important time-arrows are the mutability time-arrow, which specifies that the past is unalterable, while the future is not; and the causal time-arrow, which stipulates that past events may cause future events, but not vice versa. The author argues that the unconscious conception of causation expressed in both the oedi…
On the logic of the unconscious
Freud argues that the laws of classical logic do not hold true with regard to the unconscious. The aim of this paper is to provide an alternative logic that is consistent with Freud's conception of the unconscious. This aim is achieved in two steps. First, I argue that most Freudian features of the unconscious are consequences of the fact that unconscious thoughts in the Freudian sense are negationless. Then I suggest a formal logical system that…
On the logic of unconscious objects
The aim of this paper is to distinguish between conscious and unconscious conceptions of objects. I will argue that we consciously ascribe different properties to the same object based on their coexistence in time and space. For example, the colour and flavour of an apple are ascribed to the same object as they relate to the same spatiotemporal location. However, since there is no reference to time in unconscious thinking, we cannot ascribe prope…
On the Logic of the Unconscious Conception of Causation Part I
The direction of time is often defined by describing asymmetries between past and future events, referred to as “time-arrows.” Two important time-arrows are the mutability time-arrow, which specifies that the past is unalterable, while the future is not; and the causal time-arrow, which stipulates that past events may cause future events, but not vice versa. The author argues that the unconscious conception of causation expressed in both the oedi…
On the Unconscious Conception of Causation Part II
Unconscious thought, as expressed in dreams, neurotic symptoms, and myths, often involves causal reasoning. This paper examines how we unconsciously perceive causality. It posits two distinctions between unconscious and conscious conceptions of causation. First, as unconscious thinking does not rely on the temporal sequencing of events, the unconscious conception of causation is atemporal; in other words, the cause is not necessarily envisioned a…
The Oracle Position and the Unconscious Ground of Free-Will Belief
Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus explore opposing conceptions of free will and moral responsibility. The first posits that individuals sometimes possess the freedom to act otherwise, making them backward-looking morally responsible for their actions. The second argues that humans lack such freedom; thus, their behavior is theoretically predictable, rendering them only forward-looking morally responsible. This paper suggests that thes…
Unconscious mind (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Psychoanalysis (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (4 works) · Mental Health and Psychiatry (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Causation (2 works)