ACU CONFERENCE: FREUD, WITTGENSTEIN, AND THE UNCONSCIOUS
WHEN: 28-29 July, 2025. WHERE: Level 18, Tenison Woods House, 8 - 20 Napier Street, North Sydney FOR THOSE OUTSIDE OF SYDNEY: remote access is available via Zoom. Please email [email protected] to access a link. This conference takes up the Wittgenstein-Freud connection from a conceptual rather than an historical point of view. Wittgenstein famously criticized Freud’s notion of the unconscious as part of his general critique of scientism. In this conference we explore three main questions and other themes related to the unconscious: 1. Is a viable notion of the unconscious salvageable from Wittgenstein’s criticisms of Freud’s formulations of the unconscious? And, if so, what is its role in philosophy, psychoanalysis, or social critique? 2. What further insights about philosophy or psychology can be gleaned from rethinking Wittgenstein’s critique of Freud? 3. Can Wittgenstein’s own work be seen as presupposing or dependent upon a notion of the unconscious? If so, what importance does that have for his philosophy? KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Naomi Scheman (Minnesota); Stephen White (Tufts) SPEAKERS: Sophie-Grace Chapell (Open University, UK) Justin Clemens (Melbourne) Richard Colledge (ACU) Dorit Lemberger (Bar-Ilan) David Macarthur (Sydney) Talia Morag (ACU) Matthew Sharpe (ACU) THIS CONFERENCE IS FUNDED AND SUPPORTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOANALYTICAL ASSOCIATION. -- Dr Talia Morag Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education and Arts Australian Catholic University | North Sydney NSW 2060
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