From ontogeny to phylogeny: Freud’s old methodological guideline in ‘Beyond the Pleasure Principle’

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https://doi.org/10.5902/2179378647113

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Freud, Phylogeny, Ontogeny, Speculation, Biology, Evolution

Abstract

This paper aims to show that a methodological guideline can be identified which guides Freud's speculations in Beyond the Pleasure Principle and that was conceived by the author in the 1895 manuscript Project of a psychology. This guideline created conditions for explanations of an ontogenetic and phylogenetic order for the phenomena discovered by Freud in his clinical activity. In order to show these aspects, we rescue that guideline in Project of a psychology first and then identify it in Beyond the Pleasure Principle. With this, we seek to provide contributions to clarify Freudian resources to phylogeny and ontogeny, as well as give a glimpse to the importance of these domains in Freudian metapsychology and the possibilities of a dialog between psychoanalysis and biology through this beautiful and challenging essay by Freud written a century ago.

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Author Biography

Marcelo Galletti Ferretti, Getúlio Vargas Foundation, São Paulo, SP

Professor of Philosohpy and Psychology at Getúlio Vargas Foundation, São Paulo, SP

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Published

2020-08-28

How to Cite

Ferretti, M. G. (2020). From ontogeny to phylogeny: Freud’s old methodological guideline in ‘Beyond the Pleasure Principle’. Voluntas: International Journal of Philosophy, 11(2), 195–211. https://doi.org/10.5902/2179378647113