Representation and Interpretation in Psychoanalysis: A Semiotic Perspective.

• Tác giả: Bonnie E Litowitz
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 220.68 Mythological, allegorical, numerical, astronomical interpretations
• Thông tin xuất bản: United States : Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association , 2025
• Bộ sưu tập: NCBI
• ID: 712811

Tóm tắt

Psychoanalytic understanding depends on interpretations of evidence from speech and behaviors within clinical encounters. A clinician's particular theoretical perspective orients them to favor one interpretation over another. Yet, this continuous processing of evidence often proceeds without a careful examination of the underlying basic concept: the representation being interpreted. This essay is an application of Charles Sanders Peirce's theory of semiosis, which articulates types of representation and their implications for interpretation. A more nuanced understanding of aspects of representation and their use for specific purposes could generate greater consensus in psychoanalytic interpretations and their uses for clinical diagnosis or treatment-as Freud originally envisioned but lacked a semiotic theory to describe.