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Skelton, R. (1984). Understanding Matte-Blanco. Int. J. Psycho-Anal., 65:453-456.

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(1984). International Journal of Psycho-Analysis, 65:453-456

Understanding Matte-Blanco Related Papers

Ross Skelton Author Information

Recently a very large psychoanalytic book has appeared, with the foreboding title of: The Unconscious as Infinite Sets, by Ignacio Matte-Blanco. For those psychoanalysts with the courage to read it, reaction has been generally favourable. Quite naturally they admit to not understanding symbolic logic but respond to Matte-Blanco's experienced intuitions, taking the logic on trust. At a time when attempts to apply mathematics to psychoanalysis are on the increase (especially in the French School) the need for technical vigilance increases also. As a logician familiar with psychoanalysis I would like very briefly (and in a non-technical manner) to investigate this theory which apparently explains so many diverse phenomena from so simple a base. This base is found in a short article published by Matte-Blanco in 1959 entitled: 'Expression in symbolic logic of the characteristics of the System Ucs.' and the argument is further developed in his book The Unconscious as Infinite Sets.

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