The philosophical and scientific bases of a Lacanian neuropsychoanalysis

Please note – this event is not hosted by the Neuropsychoanalysis Association. For any questions regarding registration please send an email to Tejpal Ajji at: tejpalajji@gmail.com

Host:
Lacan Toronto

Presenter:
John Dall’Aglio

1:30-3:00pm EST (Toronto)

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This talk will address the challenges of a bridge between Lacanian psychoanalysis and neuroscience by proposing a philosophical and scientific basis for a Lacanian neuropsychoanalysis. Specifically, this involves a view of nature itself not as a seamless One-All, but as a fragmented, discontinuous, and imperfect system full of short-circuits. Moreover, recent work in neuropsychoanalysis which emphasizes the informatic laws which explain both neurobiological and subjective appearances will be shown to be consilient with Lacan’s own musings on the priority of the logic of the signifier. Lacan’s own discussions of and invocations of neuroscience and biology – which are far from conclusively critical – will be reviewed.