Psychoanalyse im Dialog der Wissenschaften. Europäische Perspektiven

The research on the development of the psychoanalytic theory of mind lies at the center of interest of my interdisciplinary Hertha Firnberg project. The papers collected in this volume elaborate and present the link between the still quite unknown psychoanalytic empirical research and the validation and development of the psychoanalytic theory of mind. Both the need of empirical data and the engagement with the experimental research have been stimulating psychoanalysis to intensify a dialogue with related experimental fields as neuroscience and cognitive science. This book is the expression of a continous interdisciplinarly collaboration between scientists, which I pursued as an integral part of my project. The original papers collected in this book are, due to the running scientific communication between the authors, of extraordinary high quality. 1. Introduction 1.1 Wilhelm Burian, The impact of psychoanalytic empirical research on the psychoanalytic community: political and sociological reflexions of a psychoanalyst 2. Empirical theories of mind and philosophy 2.1 Hans-Dieter Klein, On philosophy of psychology 2.2 Patrizia Giampieri-Deutsch, Psychoanalytic theory of mind and analytic philosophy of mind 2.3 Achim Stephan, Philosophical problems of interdisciplinary research between psychoanalysis and the empirical sciences 2.4 Martin Kurthen, Philosophical problems of interdisciplinary research between psychoanalysis and cognitive science 2.5 Olaf Breidbach, A philosophical-historical critique of theories of mind in neuroscience 3. Theories of mind in psychoanalysis and in neuroscience 3.1 Dietrich Lehmann, Neuroscientific theory of mind e.g. the "functional state shift hypothesis", a neuropsychophysiological model of the brain 3.2 Martha Koukkou und Elisabeth Bräker, Neuroscientific theory of mind and its influence on current psychoanalytic theory of mind illustrated by the "functional state shift hypothesis" 3.3 Wolfgang Berner, The impact of neuroscientifical results on theory of mind and theory of technique in psychoanalysis 3.4 Mauro Mancia, Methodological differences in dream research between psychoanalysis and neuroscience 4. Theories of mind in psychoanalysis and in cognitive science 4.1 Giselher Guttmann, On theories of mind in cognitive science 4.2 Rolf Pfeifer und Marianne Leuzinger-Bohleber, Theory of mind in cognitive science and its influence on current psychoanalytic theory of mind with regard to memory 5. Psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic empirical research 5.1 Rainer Krause, Psychoanalytic research on affects and its applications in clinical psychoanalytic practice 5.2 Anna Ursula Dreher, Psychoanalytic research on concepts versus psychoanalytic empirical research 5.3 Erhard Mergenthaler, Psychoanalytic research on therapeutic processes: the "therapeutic cyclic model" in regard to emotion and reflective abstraction 5.4 Friedemann Pfäfflin, Psychoanalytic research on therapeutic processes: demonstration of the "therapeutic cyclic model" within the clinical psychoanalytic practice During the last years the current classical psychoanalysis has made remarkable advances (cf. Burian) mainly in establishing a solid scientific status (cf. Giampieri-Deutsch, Stephan, Kurthen) by intensifying psychoanalytic empirical research (cf. Krause, Leuzinger-Bohleber, Mergenthaler, Pfäfflin) and by starting interdisciplinary research. The growing cooperation with experimental sciences as neuroscience (cf. Koukkou, Lehmann, Berner, Mancia) and cognitive science (cf. Leuzinger-Bohleber, Pfeifer, Guttmann, Kurthen) allows not only a growth in theory but the results of the interdisciplinary research have also productive consequences for the clinical everyday work (cf. Berner, Leuzinger-Bohleber, Pfäfflin). The "mentalistic turn" broadened the narrow frame of the analytic philosophy and makes it again possible to pose the traditional "metaphysical" questions on consciousness, the mind-body relationship etc.: the answers are now expected from the results of the empirical sciences, which on their part are no more reluctant to ask these "last questions". The analytic philosophy of mind becomes a forum of the experimental disciplines and could even advance to an ally of psychoanalysis (cf. Giampieri-Deutsch, Klein, Stephan). The papers collected in this volume present the protagonists of these developments in the european continental area as well as the most perspicacious observers (cf. Klein, Breidbach, Dreher, Guttmann) of these transformations in order to portray the state of the art of the current psychoanalysis.