Qualitative Change from Quantitative Change
Mathematical Catastrophe Theory in Relation to Psychoanalysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8336458 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert M Galatzer-Levy (111 North Wabash Ave. Suite 1202 Chicago, Illinois 60602), Robert M Galatzer‐levy (Wabash College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 921-935 |
| Publication date | 1978-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0651 • E-ISSN: 1941-2460 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/000306517802600410 |
| PMID | 722026 |
| OpenAlex | W1485572526 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 8 |
The relation of qualitative change to quantitative change is important to psychoanalytic theory. Until recently no tools were available for dealing with the problem, but the development of catastrophe theory has provided methods for studying it. Psychoanalytic investigators might benefit from the methods of catastrophe theory, and dilemmas arising from the supposed impossibility of relating quantity to quality are seen to allow of solution
Catastrophe theory · Epistemology · Impossibility · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Relation (database) · Computer Science · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Mental Health Research Topics · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,24 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 2025 (33) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |