Lack of object constancy after childhood is definitely considered to be symptomatic. If you don't believe something exists unless you are experiencing it, including yourself, you will have a difficult time.
Here is a link: http://borderlinepersonality.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/06/lack-of-object.html I believe this is psychoanalytic orthodoxy. Frank Frank Wimberly Phone (505) 670-9918 On Nov 2, 2017 12:01 PM, "gⅼеɳ ☣" <geprope...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am (or thought I was) familiar with the idea. But it should be clear > that the wikipedia entry is GUILTY of the exact problem I'm trying to point > out. So, it's not only not helpful, but perpetuates the problem. Witness: > > "Object constancy, similar to Jean Piaget's object permanence, describes > the phase when the child understands that the mother has a separate > identity and is truly a separate individual." > > In other words, object constancy is precisely the false conclusion. > Perhaps there's other literature that talks specifically about how the > *fiction* of object constancy affects/retards future development? If you > know of that literature, perhaps you could point to it? Or, better yet, > explain it in your own words ... which I enjoy more and find much more > useful. 8^) > > On 11/02/2017 10:32 AM, Frank Wimberly wrote: > > You guys might be interested in the Psychoanalytic concept of object > constancy. > > > > See > > https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Mahler > > > > Many philosophical discussions are explained by psychoanalysts in terms > of object constancy. And the self is also an object Psychoanalytic > speaking. The old Chestnut about whether a tree falling in a forest makes > a sound is an example. > > -- > ☣ gⅼеɳ > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
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