Philosophical assumptions in Freud, Jung and Bion

Questions of causality

Bibliographic Data

ID8984587
AuthorsMichael Horne (Seattle University, corresponding author), Angela Sowa (Palo Alto Institute), David Isenman
Year2000
Volume45
Issue1
Pages109-121
Publication date2000-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Analytical Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-8774 • E-ISSN: 1465-5922
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1465-5922.00140
PMID10697954
OpenAlexW2110496849
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited9

The historical development of concepts of causality in philosophy is described. Since the Enlightenment and the growth of science, exponents of the two most important concepts, determinism and teleology, have been in conflict. At the inception of psychoanalysis at the end of the nineteenth century this conflict was particularly intense. It was the cause of the first major schism in psychoanalysis between Jung and Freud. Psychoanalytic theorists have continued to disagree over this issue. Post-modernist philosophy has abolished all metaphysics and therefore called into question concepts of psychic causality. Parallel to, but uninfluenced by this development, Bion has developed a psychoanalytic conceptualization which may be seen as transcending causality. The clinical and theoretical implications of these developments are described

Causality (physics · Conceptualization · Determinism · Enlightenment · Epistemology · Metaphysics · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Schism · Teleology · Jungian Analytical Psychology · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices

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