Negative ontology in psychoanalysis: between ethics and epistemology

Authors

  • Christian Ingo Lenz Dunker Instituto de Psicologia da Universidade de São Paulo e Universidade São Marcos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2318-8863.discurso.2007.38078

Keywords:

psychoanalysis, philosophy, ontology, clinic

Abstract

This paper deals with the relationships between theoretical and clinic instances deriving from Lacan’s conception of the real and of reality. It’s main argument is that the disparity between the latter notions is the spring of the insurmountable tensions between ethics and epistemology, one that a philosophical regard shows to be constitutive of the psychoanalytical practice. Lacan’s program of a negative ontology allows us to establish connections between different trends in psychoanalytical thought and practice as well as in general between psychoanalysis and philosophy.

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Author Biography

  • Christian Ingo Lenz Dunker, Instituto de Psicologia da Universidade de São Paulo e Universidade São Marcos
    Professor do Instituto de Psicologia da Universidade de São Paulo  e do Mestrado em Psicologia da Universidade São Marcos -Unimarco

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Published

2007-06-09

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How to Cite

Dunker, C. I. L. (2007). Negative ontology in psychoanalysis: between ethics and epistemology. Discurso, 36, 217-242. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2318-8863.discurso.2007.38078