Die Verleugnung der Realit?t

Denial is of great importance for the ego functions and for the constitution of the entire ego but little of this is reflected in case reports and theoretical treatises. The reason for this probably lies in the circumstance that two further problems play a role in the issue of denial: that of reality and that of truth. According to the theory of correspondence, truth is the equivalent of reality. According to this theory, subject and object are opposed. The repudiation of the theory of correspondence has led to blindness and deafness for many things. The modern concept of truth, according to which truth is constructed intersubjectively, destroys the opposition of subject and object. The destruction is an act of denial. Although the theory of correspondence may be outmoded, it could nevertheless retain its former appreciation. ??If we stopped reading canonical philosophy books??, wrote Richard Rorty, ??we would be less aware of the forces that make us think and talk as we do?? (citation from Habermas 2008, S.?34).     

Die heutigen Gegens?tze in der Grundlegung der Mathematik

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Die Praxis als die “Entscheidende Antriebskraft” der Entwicklung der Physik im 17. Jahrhundert?

Ohne ZusammenfassungDieser Aufsatz ist Fortsetzung der Arbeit Marxist Theory and the Development of Physics. I., veröffentlicht inStudies in Soviet Thought 34 (1988) 73–78.     

Stationäre Psychotherapie in der Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie: “Die Kunst des Unmöglichen?”

Inpatient psychotherapy of children and adolescents occurs in a tangle of reciprocal psychodynamic effects. It comprises the individual level of each patient, the dynamics within the group of the patients and within the staff on the ward and as well the influence of the institution and its structure. The psychopathology of the patients will be coloured by these interactions. They have to be cared for and analysed to prevent the repetition of patients' traumatic experiences and the failing of the goals of the treatment directed on autonomous functioning of the patients outside of the hospital. The statements are illustrated by case vignettes.     

Zwischen der „Physik des Organischen” und der „Organisierung der Physik”: Überlegungen zu Gegenstand und Methode der Biologie

Between Physics of Organism and Organismic Physics: Object and Method of Biology. In the history of biological theory one can observe an oscillation between two tendencies of thinking, namely the biologistic and the physicalistic point of view. Both aim at a general or unified theory of nature that is relevant for scientific research as well as for philosophical reflection. In terms of a pluralistic approach these two ways of theory-formation must be rejected. Biology e.g. as a specific natural science, characterized by its mid-position between ‘nomothetic’ and ‘idiographic’ thinking (Windelband), is much more than a subordinate branch of physical knowledge. This very autonomy of biology does not only result from a special methodology or from a specific theoretical framework. On the contrary, the methodological and functional autonomy of biology is due to the very features of the phenomena investigated. These features include multitude, individuality and wholeness. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Kontroverse zu Beschwerdenvalidierungsverfahren bei der Begutachtung psychischer St?rungen

The value of symptom validity tests in a forensic context is currently the subject of a controversial debate in Germany. The discussion primarily focuses on neuropsychological symptom validity tests, however, tests specific for mental disorders are neglected. Unfortunately, no assessment tools for symptom validation of mental disorders of German origin are available and adaptations of available English state of the art instruments have not yet been tested. Further research of assessment development and qualitative analysis of the decision-making process in medicolegal evaluation is needed in German speaking countries.     

Die Perestrojka in der Sowjetischen Philosophie: Mythos oder Realität?

Ohne ZusammenfassungDiese Arbeit wurde im Rahmen eines Stipendiums der A. v. Humboldt-Stiftung (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) erstellt.     

Die Chancen der Vielfalt – oder: Kann es allgemeine Psychotherapeuten geben?

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Die Rechtsansichten der Eurasier -- Rechtsordnung oder Wertordnung?

In their juridical doctrines, the members of the Evrazijstvo movement advocated the idea of a Russian special path criticizing at the same time the formalism and coldness of the western conception of law, based principally on Roman law. Their views are characterized by an evident priority accorded to justice over law, to the order of values over legal order.     

Die Vielfalt der Persönlichkeit—Gefährdung der Einheit der Person?

Uniformity against manifold faces of a personality are manifest presentations of a supposed underlying person (subjectum) as its synthetic-cohesive potential. The association-psychology of the 19th century brought forward the concept of dissociation, which allows to interpret a broad spectrum of phenomena between adaptive functioning (salutary) and maladaptive, dysfunctional phenomena of psychopathology: it opens a dimensional perspective which includes dissociative identity disorder, dissociative trance disorder, borderline-pathologies and the most severe forms of ego/self-dissociation, -fragmentation in schizophrenic disorders.     

Diagnosenübergreifende Psychoedukation: ?Notbehelf“ oder ?Mittel der Wahl“?

Despite evidence for its efficacy, diagnosis-specific psychoeducation is not routinely applied because the patient numbers per diagnosis are often too low. In an exploratory randomized and controlled trial the efficacy of a bifocal diagnosis-independent group program was tested on inpatients of the Psychiatric Hospital of the University of Basel (N?=?82) regarding clinical variables, readmission and compliance as well as course-relevant subjective attitudes over a follow-up period of 12 months by means of quantitative as well as qualitative methods. Significant group differences were found regarding compliance at 3 months and the suicide rate, both in favour of the intervention group. For most other outcome variables clear advantages for psychoeducation could be shown. A first analysis of qualitative data revealed a more favourable development in the psychoeducation group, which was statistically significant. The to date sole findings on diagnosis-independent psychoeduation justify its clinical application and further investigation.     

zu: Ist die logik eine deduktive Wissenschaft?

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Die „Technik der Psychoanalyse“ von Otto Rank

In the 1920s, Otto Rank broadened the psychoanalytic treatment space by the prelingual relational and self-experience in the time before, during and after birth. This meant that early prelingual experiences at the level of emotions and sensations is always covertly present in the analytic situation. The special emphasis on the earliest relationship to the mother was perceived in the patriarchal society of the time as inadequate and unjustifiable. But the last decades provided perceptions in different therapeutic settings which seem to confirm the observations of Rank. Just as important are the findings of the empirical research in early brain development and in after effects of early traumatic stress which show the shaping role of early development in a completely new light. There are also new insights into particularities of early human development due to evolution, especially about the psychological consequences of the “physiological premature birth”. From this knowledge a new framework arises for the understanding of early development and for the assessment of the observations and conclusions of Rank. From a contemporary viewpoint this provides valuable contributions to the psychoanalytic research of the last decades into early after birth mother-child relationships. They bear the potential for a deeper understanding of the prelingual level of the psychoanalytic treatment situation.     

Die Geschichte der „Stellungnahme zur psychoanalytischen Therapie“

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Zeigt fich in der modernen Phyfik ein Zug zu einer fpiritualiftifchen Auffaffung?

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Die Ethik — “der Schlußstein von dem ganzen Gebäude der spekulativen Vernunft”

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David Katz’s Der Aufbau der Tastwelt (The world of touch): A synopsis

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