Anticipation, Memory and Attention in the Early Works of Freud
p. 241-252
Abstract
This papers deals with anticipation within a dynamically organised psychic system. We start with Freud's attempt to conceptualise such a system, in particular in his Project for a scientific psychology (1950a [1895]). Three subsystems are distinguished here : perception, memory and consciousness. They interact with each other and with the environment and are governed by the pleasure principle. The memory system forms the first important element in thinking the anticipatory capacity of the psychic system, the attention mechanism the second. With these two elements it will be shown how Freud can provide a basis for a dynamical approach of anticipatory systems wherein : the particular history of the interaction with the environment, its inscription in a memory system and, the development of an attention mechanism are important.
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Bibliographical reference
Veroniek Knockaert, Filip Geraardyn, Gertrudis Van de Vijver, David Van Bunder and Ariane Bazan, « Anticipation, Memory and Attention in the Early Works of Freud », CASYS, 12 | 2002, 241-252.
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Veroniek Knockaert, Filip Geraardyn, Gertrudis Van de Vijver, David Van Bunder and Ariane Bazan, « Anticipation, Memory and Attention in the Early Works of Freud », CASYS [Online], 12 | 2002, Online since 16 July 2024, connection on 20 September 2024. URL : http://popups.lib.uliege.be/1373-5411/index.php?id=1764
Authors
Veroniek Knockaert
Research unit Neuro-psychoanalysis, Department of Psychoanalysis and Clinical consulting, University of Gent. Henri Dunantlaan 2, B-9000 Gent.
Filip Geraardyn
Research unit Neuro-psychoanalysis, Department of Psychoanalysis and Clinical consulting, University of Gent. Henri Dunantlaan 2, B-9000 Gent.
Gertrudis Van de Vijver
Research unit Neuro-psychoanalysis, Department of Psychoanalysis and Clinical consulting, University of Gent. Henri Dunantlaan 2, B-9000 Gent.
David Van Bunder
Research unit Neuro-psychoanalysis, Department of Psychoanalysis and Clinical consulting, University of Gent. Henri Dunantlaan 2, B-9000 Gent.
Ariane Bazan
Research unit Neuro-psychoanalysis, Department of Psychoanalysis and Clinical consulting, University of Gent. Henri Dunantlaan 2, B-9000 Gent.