Using clinical vignettes, we first examine the idea that psychoanalysis is, in Gill's (1991) phra... more Using clinical vignettes, we first examine the idea that psychoanalysis is, in Gill's (1991) phrase, a hermeneutic science--hermeneutic because it interprets meanings, scientific because the meaning connections it deals with are also usually causal connections. Next we explore some aspects of the structure of the kinds of explanation distinctive to psychoanalysis. Three kinds are distinguished: conveyance of content explanations, which have been central in the accounts of some recent philosophers of psychoanalysis, and two kinds of explanation in terms of intentionality, in terms, that is to say, of what the psychic states in question are about. One deals with forward-looking states such as wishes, in which the state is about some future, sought-after state of affairs such as a wish-fulfilment; the other deals with backward-looking psychic states such as memories, in which the state to be explained is about some earlier experience, fantasy, or whatever, one often quite unknown to the analysand prior to analysis. The paper concludes by making a quick case for the idea that good explanations in terms of meaning or intentionality often also identify the cause of the psychic states being explained.
As is well-known, Castañeda (1966, 1967), Shoemaker (1968), Perry (1979), Evans (1982) and others... more As is well-known, Castañeda (1966, 1967), Shoemaker (1968), Perry (1979), Evans (1982) and others urge that awareness of self has peculiar features. It is less well-known that some of these peculiarities were discovered as early as 1781 and the Critique of Pure Reason.1
Abstracta SPECIAL ISSUE II, pp. 5470, 2008 PHENOMENOLOGY: CONTRIBUTION TO COGNITIVE SCIENCE Andr... more Abstracta SPECIAL ISSUE II, pp. 5470, 2008 PHENOMENOLOGY: CONTRIBUTION TO COGNITIVE SCIENCE Andrew Brook My comments will focus on the issue of what, according to Gallagher and Zahavi (2008, hereafter G&Z; all references will be to this book unless otherwise ...
... We will consider it in more detail in the next Section. The 'deduction of th... more ... We will consider it in more detail in the next Section. The 'deduction of the categories' should now be complete. ... At this point, Kant introduces the notion of transcendental apperception for the first time and the unity of such apperception, the unity of consciousness. ...
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, May 1, 1998
In the 1890s, Freud attempted to lay out the foundations of a complete, interdisciplinary neurosc... more In the 1890s, Freud attempted to lay out the foundations of a complete, interdisciplinary neuroscience of the mind. This collection of papers celebrates the centerpiece of this work, the famous Project for a Scientific Psychology (1895a). Freud never published this work and by 1896 or 1897 ...
Despite being there from the beginning, philosophical approaches have never had a settled place i... more Despite being there from the beginning, philosophical approaches have never had a settled place in cognitive research and few cognitive researchers not trained in philosophy have a clear sense of what its role has been or should be. We distinguish philosophy in cognitive research and philosophy of cognitive research. Concerning philosophy in cognitive research, after exploring some standard reactions to this work by nonphilosophers, we will pay particular attention to the methods that philosophers use. Being neither experimental nor computational, they can leave others bewildered. Thought experiments are the most striking example but not the only one. Concerning philosophy of cognitive research, we will pay particular attention to its power to generate and test normative claims, claims about what should and should not be done. 1. Pylyshyn trained as a psychologist but has made prodigious philosophical contributions.
Tracking persons, that is, determining that a person now is or is not a specific earlier person, ... more Tracking persons, that is, determining that a person now is or is not a specific earlier person, is extremely common and widespread in our way of life and extremely important. If so, figuring out what we are tracking, what it is to persist as a person over a period of time, is also important. Trying to figure this out will be the main focus of this paper. (This paper will introduce a theme on tracking persons in Topics in Cognitive Science.
Using clinical vignettes, we first examine the idea that psychoanalysis is, in Gill's (1991) phra... more Using clinical vignettes, we first examine the idea that psychoanalysis is, in Gill's (1991) phrase, a hermeneutic science--hermeneutic because it interprets meanings, scientific because the meaning connections it deals with are also usually causal connections. Next we explore some aspects of the structure of the kinds of explanation distinctive to psychoanalysis. Three kinds are distinguished: conveyance of content explanations, which have been central in the accounts of some recent philosophers of psychoanalysis, and two kinds of explanation in terms of intentionality, in terms, that is to say, of what the psychic states in question are about. One deals with forward-looking states such as wishes, in which the state is about some future, sought-after state of affairs such as a wish-fulfilment; the other deals with backward-looking psychic states such as memories, in which the state to be explained is about some earlier experience, fantasy, or whatever, one often quite unknown to the analysand prior to analysis. The paper concludes by making a quick case for the idea that good explanations in terms of meaning or intentionality often also identify the cause of the psychic states being explained.
As is well-known, Castañeda (1966, 1967), Shoemaker (1968), Perry (1979), Evans (1982) and others... more As is well-known, Castañeda (1966, 1967), Shoemaker (1968), Perry (1979), Evans (1982) and others urge that awareness of self has peculiar features. It is less well-known that some of these peculiarities were discovered as early as 1781 and the Critique of Pure Reason.1
Abstracta SPECIAL ISSUE II, pp. 5470, 2008 PHENOMENOLOGY: CONTRIBUTION TO COGNITIVE SCIENCE Andr... more Abstracta SPECIAL ISSUE II, pp. 5470, 2008 PHENOMENOLOGY: CONTRIBUTION TO COGNITIVE SCIENCE Andrew Brook My comments will focus on the issue of what, according to Gallagher and Zahavi (2008, hereafter G&Z; all references will be to this book unless otherwise ...
... We will consider it in more detail in the next Section. The 'deduction of th... more ... We will consider it in more detail in the next Section. The 'deduction of the categories' should now be complete. ... At this point, Kant introduces the notion of transcendental apperception for the first time and the unity of such apperception, the unity of consciousness. ...
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, May 1, 1998
In the 1890s, Freud attempted to lay out the foundations of a complete, interdisciplinary neurosc... more In the 1890s, Freud attempted to lay out the foundations of a complete, interdisciplinary neuroscience of the mind. This collection of papers celebrates the centerpiece of this work, the famous Project for a Scientific Psychology (1895a). Freud never published this work and by 1896 or 1897 ...
Despite being there from the beginning, philosophical approaches have never had a settled place i... more Despite being there from the beginning, philosophical approaches have never had a settled place in cognitive research and few cognitive researchers not trained in philosophy have a clear sense of what its role has been or should be. We distinguish philosophy in cognitive research and philosophy of cognitive research. Concerning philosophy in cognitive research, after exploring some standard reactions to this work by nonphilosophers, we will pay particular attention to the methods that philosophers use. Being neither experimental nor computational, they can leave others bewildered. Thought experiments are the most striking example but not the only one. Concerning philosophy of cognitive research, we will pay particular attention to its power to generate and test normative claims, claims about what should and should not be done. 1. Pylyshyn trained as a psychologist but has made prodigious philosophical contributions.
Tracking persons, that is, determining that a person now is or is not a specific earlier person, ... more Tracking persons, that is, determining that a person now is or is not a specific earlier person, is extremely common and widespread in our way of life and extremely important. If so, figuring out what we are tracking, what it is to persist as a person over a period of time, is also important. Trying to figure this out will be the main focus of this paper. (This paper will introduce a theme on tracking persons in Topics in Cognitive Science.
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