The Mind Object

Author : Edward G. Corrigan,Pearl-Ellen Gordon
Publisher : Jason Aronson, Incorporated
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1995-11-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781461631606

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The Mind Object by Edward G. Corrigan,Pearl-Ellen Gordon Pdf

How to Help People Who Have Only Their Minds to Love Can a person relate to his or her own mind as an object, depend upon it to the exclusion of other objects, idealize it, fear it, hate it? Can a person live out a life striving to attain the elusive power of the mind's perfection, yielding to its promise while sacrificing the body's truth? Winnicott was the first to describe how very early in life an individual can, in response to environmental failure, turn away from the body and its needs and establish "mental functioning as a thing in itself." Winnicott's elusive term, the mind-psyche, describes a subtle, yet fundamentally violent split in which the mind negates the role of the body, its feelings and functions, as the source of creative living. Later, Masud Khan elaborated on Winnicott's notions. This exciting book extends Winnicott's and Khan's ideas to introduce the concept of the mind object, a term that signifies the central dissociation of the mind separated from the body, as well as underscores its function. When the mind takes on a life of its own, it becomes an object–separate, as it were, from the self. And because it is an object that originates as a substitute for maternal care, it becomes an object of intense attachment, turned to for security, solace, and gratification. Having achieved the status of an independent object, the mind also can turn on the self, attacking, demeaning, and persecuting the individual. Once this object relationship is established, it organizes the self, providing an aura of omnipotence. However, this precocious, schizoid solution is an illusion, vulnerable to breakdown and its associated anxieties. Making a unique contribution, The Mind Object explores the dangers of knowing too much–the lure of the intellect–for the patient as well as for the therapist. The authors illuminate the complex pathological consequences that result from precocious solutions.

Author : Thomas H. Ogden
Publisher : Jason Aronson
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1993-07
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781568210513

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The Matrix of the Mind by Thomas H. Ogden Pdf

This book is exciting, original, and above all accessible–a rare combination for a text which deals in depth with psychoanalytical theory. Non-analysts are frequently both baffled and alienated by the jargon and the complexity of works which extend psychoanalytical thinking, but Ogden is revealed in this book as an outstanding communicator as well as a major theoretician. The book's subtitle is a guide to the main focus of the work, which reinterprets the work of Melanie Klein, with its focus on phantasy, in relation to the biological determinants of perception and the meaning and organization of experience in the interpersonal setting of human growth and development. Ogden re-interprets Klein to illuminate Freudian instinct theory, using the contributions of Bion, Fairbairn, and particularly Winnicott–British object relations theorists–to clarify and extend aspects of their work and to move towards an impressive exposition of the way in which the human mind develops." –Pamela M. Ashurst, The British Journal of Psychiatry A Jason Aronson Book

Author : Riccardo Manzotti
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789027265098

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Consciousness and Object by Riccardo Manzotti Pdf

What is the conscious mind? What is experience? In 1968, David Armstrong asked “What is a man?” and replied that a man is “a certain sort of material object”. This book starts from his question but proceeds along a different path. The traditional mind-brain identity theory is set aside, and a mind-object identity theory is proposed in its place: to be conscious of an object is simply to be made of that object. Consciousness is physical but not neural. This groundbreaking hypothesis is supported by recent empirical findings in both perception and neuroscience, and is herein tested against a series of objections of both conceptual and empirical nature: the traditional mind-brain identity arguments from illusion, hallucinations, dreams, and mental imagery. The theory is then compared with existing externalist approaches including disjunctivism, realism, embodied cognition, enactivism, and the extended mind. Can experience and objects be one and the same?

Author : Robert A. Caper
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2005-08-12
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781134638307

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A Mind of One's Own by Robert A. Caper Pdf

This collection of papers, written over the last six years by Robert Caper, focuses on the importance of distinguishing self from object in psychological development. Robert Caper demonstrates the importance this psychological disentanglement plays in the therapeutic effect of psychoanalysis. In doing so he demonstrates what differentiates the practice of psychoanalysis from psychotherapy; while psychotherapy aims to ease the patient towards "good mental health" through careful suggestion; psychoanalysis allows the patient to discover him/herself, with the self wholly distinguished from other people and other objects.

Author : Christina E. Erneling,David M. Johnson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2005-01-13
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0195349997

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The Mind As a Scientific Object by Christina E. Erneling,David M. Johnson Pdf

What holds together the various fields that are supposed to consititute the general intellectual discipline that people now call cognitive science? In this book, Erneling and Johnson identify two problems with defining this discipline. First, some theorists identify the common subject matter as the mind, but scientists and philosophers have not been able to agree on any single, satisfactory answer to the question of what the mind is. Second, those who speculate about the general characteristics that belong to cognitive science tend to assume that all the particular fields falling under the rubric--psychology, linguistics, biology, and son on--are of roughly equal value in their ability to shed light on the nature of mind. This book argues that all the cognitive science disciplines are not equally able to provide answers to ontological questions about the mind, but rather that only neurophysiology and cultural psychology are suited to answer these questions. However, since the cultural account of mind has long been ignored in favor of the neurophysiological account, Erneling and Johnson bring together contributions that focus especially on different versions of the cultural account of the mind.

Author : John DAVIES (D.D., Hon. Canon of Durham.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1828
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0019027900

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The Cultivation of the Mind an Object of Primary Importance: Being an Introductory Lecture Delivered at the Opening of the Southampton Literary & Philosophical Institution, Etc by John DAVIES (D.D., Hon. Canon of Durham.) Pdf

Author : Lavinia Gomez
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1997-03
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0814730957

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An Introduction to Object Relations by Lavinia Gomez Pdf

What does it mean to be human? Object relations, the British- based development of classic Freudian psychoanalytic theory, is based on the belief that the human being is essentially social; the need for relationship is central to the definition of the self. Object relations theory forms the base of psychoanalysts' work, including Melanie Klein, D. W. Winnicott, W. R. D. Fairbairn, Michael Balint, H.J.S. Guntrip, and John Bowlby. Lavinia Gomez here provides an introduction to the main theories and applications of object relations. Through its detailed focus on internal and interpersonal unconscious processes, object relations can help psychotherapists, counselors and others in social service professions to understand and work with people who may otherwise seem irrational, unpredictable and baffling.

Author : Willard Van Orman Quine
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780262518314

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Word and Object, new edition by Willard Van Orman Quine Pdf

A new edition of Quine's most important work. Willard Van Orman Quine begins this influential work by declaring, "Language is a social art. In acquiring it we have to depend entirely on intersubjectively available cues as to what to say and when." As Patricia Smith Churchland notes in her foreword to this new edition, with Word and Object Quine challenged the tradition of conceptual analysis as a way of advancing knowledge. The book signaled twentieth-century philosophy's turn away from metaphysics and what Churchland calls the "phony precision" of conceptual analysis. In the course of his discussion of meaning and the linguistic mechanisms of objective reference, Quine considers the indeterminacy of translation, brings to light the anomalies and conflicts implicit in our language's referential apparatus, clarifies semantic problems connected with the imputation of existence, and marshals reasons for admitting or repudiating each of various categories of supposed objects. In addition to Churchland's foreword, this edition offers a new preface by Quine's student and colleague Dagfinn Follesdal that describes the never-realized plans for a second edition of Word and Object, in which Quine would offer a more unified treatment of the public nature of meaning, modalities, and propositional attitudes.

Author : Bessel A. Van der Kolk
Publisher : Penguin Books
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-08
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780143127741

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The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel A. Van der Kolk Pdf

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Author : George Henry Lewes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Mind and body
ISBN : UCD:31175007104766

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Problems of Life and Mind: The study of psychology; its object, scope, and method by George Henry Lewes Pdf

Author : Alan Shalloway,James R. Trott
Publisher : Pearson Education
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2004-10-12
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780321630049

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Design Patterns Explained by Alan Shalloway,James R. Trott Pdf

"One of the great things about the book is the way the authors explain concepts very simply using analogies rather than programming examples–this has been very inspiring for a product I'm working on: an audio-only introduction to OOP and software development." –Bruce Eckel "...I would expect that readers with a basic understanding of object-oriented programming and design would find this book useful, before approaching design patterns completely. Design Patterns Explained complements the existing design patterns texts and may perform a very useful role, fitting between introductory texts such as UML Distilled and the more advanced patterns books." –James Noble Leverage the quality and productivity benefits of patterns–without the complexity! Design Patterns Explained, Second Edition is the field's simplest, clearest, most practical introduction to patterns. Using dozens of updated Java examples, it shows programmers and architects exactly how to use patterns to design, develop, and deliver software far more effectively. You'll start with a complete overview of the fundamental principles of patterns, and the role of object-oriented analysis and design in contemporary software development. Then, using easy-to-understand sample code, Alan Shalloway and James Trott illuminate dozens of today's most useful patterns: their underlying concepts, advantages, tradeoffs, implementation techniques, and pitfalls to avoid. Many patterns are accompanied by UML diagrams. Building on their best-selling First Edition, Shalloway and Trott have thoroughly updated this book to reflect new software design trends, patterns, and implementation techniques. Reflecting extensive reader feedback, they have deepened and clarified coverage throughout, and reorganized content for even greater ease of understanding. New and revamped coverage in this edition includes Better ways to start "thinking in patterns" How design patterns can facilitate agile development using eXtreme Programming and other methods How to use commonality and variability analysis to design application architectures The key role of testing into a patterns-driven development process How to use factories to instantiate and manage objects more effectively The Object-Pool Pattern–a new pattern not identified by the "Gang of Four" New study/practice questions at the end of every chapter Gentle yet thorough, this book assumes no patterns experience whatsoever. It's the ideal "first book" on patterns, and a perfect complement to Gamma's classic Design Patterns. If you're a programmer or architect who wants the clearest possible understanding of design patterns–or if you've struggled to make them work for you–read this book.

Author : Matt Weisfeld
Publisher : Pearson Education
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008-08-25
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780132704687

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The Object-Oriented Thought Process by Matt Weisfeld Pdf

The Object-Oriented Thought Process Third Edition Matt Weisfeld An introduction to object-oriented concepts for developers looking to master modern application practices. Object-oriented programming (OOP) is the foundation of modern programming languages, including C++, Java, C#, and Visual Basic .NET. By designing with objects rather than treating the code and data as separate entities, OOP allows objects to fully utilize other objects’ services as well as inherit their functionality. OOP promotes code portability and reuse, but requires a shift in thinking to be fully understood. Before jumping into the world of object-oriented programming languages, you must first master The Object-Oriented Thought Process. Written by a developer for developers who want to make the leap to object-oriented technologies as well as managers who simply want to understand what they are managing, The Object-Oriented Thought Process provides a solution-oriented approach to object-oriented programming. Readers will learn to understand object-oriented design with inheritance or composition, object aggregation and association, and the difference between interfaces and implementations. Readers will also become more efficient and better thinkers in terms of object-oriented development. This revised edition focuses on interoperability across various technologies, primarily using XML as the communication mechanism. A more detailed focus is placed on how business objects operate over networks, including client/server architectures and web services. “Programmers who aim to create high quality software–as all programmers should–must learn the varied subtleties of the familiar yet not so familiar beasts called objects and classes. Doing so entails careful study of books such as Matt Weisfeld’s The Object-Oriented Thought Process.” –Bill McCarty, author of Java Distributed Objects, and Object-Oriented Design in Java Matt Weisfeld is an associate professor in business and technology at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, Ohio. He has more than 20 years of experience as a professional software developer, project manager, and corporate trainer using C++, Smalltalk, .NET, and Java. He holds a BS in systems analysis, an MS in computer science, and an MBA in project management. Weisfeld has published many articles in major computer trade magazines and professional journals.

Author : Katrina Palmer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Art schools
ISBN : 1906012229

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The Dark Object by Katrina Palmer Pdf

Author : Bruce MacFarlane Hood,Laurie Santos
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Knowledge representation (Information theory)
ISBN : 019169603X

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The Origins of Object Knowledge by Bruce MacFarlane Hood,Laurie Santos Pdf

'The Origins of Object Knowledge' presents the most up-to-date research into how the developing human mind understands the world of objects and their properties. It presents some of the best findings from leading research groups in the field of object representation from the perspective of developmental and comparative psychology.

Author : Riccardo Manzotti
Publisher : Advances in Consciousness Research
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Cognition
ISBN : 9027213623

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Consciousness and Object by Riccardo Manzotti Pdf

In 1968, David Armstrong asked "what is a man" ? What is the conscious mind ? What is experience ? This book starts from his reply "he is a certain sort of material object", but proceeds along a radically different path. The book puts forward and defends a mind-object identity theory : Being conscious of an object is just that object being me. The proposal is matched against a series of objections of both conceptual and empirical nature and eventually compared with existing externalist approaches - disjunctivism, realism, embodied cognition, enactivism, and the extended mind. Dwelling on recent empirical findings from perception and neuroscience, the proposal is defended from traditional objections such as the argument from illusion, hallucinations, dreams, and mental imagery. Can experience and objects be one and the same ?